# @pcfgstudy on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ba8kCOdYenM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70813304-pcfgstudy-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-24T09:22:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Patricia | PCFGSTUDY (@PCFGSTUDY) — https://gondola.cc/PCFGSTUDY

## Caption

What is the most painful "silly mistake" you constantly catch yourself making on past papers? There is nothing more painful than getting a test paper back and realizing you lost an entire grade boundary not because you didn't know the material, but because of "silly mistakes." From misreading a decimal point to writing down (OH2) instead of (OH)2, these tiny errors can cost you over 30% of your total marks. 

In this video, I am explaining why "being more careful" during an exam never works. Silly mistakes are not random accidents; they are caused by cognitive overload. When your brain is stressed, it drops secondary tasks to focus on hard logic. I am sharing my step-by-step system to safeguard your exam paper.

Stop treating accuracy as a matter of luck, and start treating it as a system. You'll figure it out. 

Time-stamps:
0:00 Preview
0:22 Silly mistakes add up
1:17 Why we keep doing it
1:44 The Cognitive Overload Reality
3:29 The Three Types of Silly Mistakes
05:03 Safeguarding Rule #1: highlight important things
05:53 Example: Highlight 3 things: topic, keywords, command 
09:03 Safeguarding Rule #2: 3-second sanity check
10:16 Example: familiarize the logic
11:49 Safeguarding Rule #3: the dedicated audit
12:32 Example: do the simple stuff
13:12 Safeguarding Rule #4: the post-exam error taxonomy
13:29 Example: turn mistakes into flashcards or cheat sheet
14:30 Mindset & Conclusion

#examprep #losingmarks #exammistakes

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✍️ ABOUT ME:
I started my TikTok early 2023 to help others gain their confidence in learning. When I first started my academic comeback journey, I struggled to find the resources and help that I needed. I went from an E to an A* within 3 months just to fall back down to an E, but I picked myself up and I’ve been an academic weapon for 5 years as a Chemical Engineering student! If I can do it, you can too!
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- **Views:** 10,058
- **Likes:** 239
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## Tags

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