Depends on whether are you a midnight oil goer or morning
charcoal goer.
Midnight Oil Goer = Study until 2-3am and then
rest until the next morning and sit for paper.
Morning Charcoal Goer= Sleep early and wake up
3am in the morning to study and sit for the paper straight
away.
Usually the above step is the final step for studying, the
memorising part.
Understanding of concepts should be done WAYYY before the
beginning before the exam starts.
Importance of
understanding concepts
I think your teachers would have stressed this more than enough.
Let's take for example History paper, you memorized the whole chunk
of notes from textbook and you went to sit for the paper.
However, the SEQ question isn't as straight forward as you
think, they may rephrase and ask differently. So students who
studied blindly all failed the paper as they do not understand the
concepts and meanings.
Key: Practice and practice and practice...
;)