Successful students learn to predict examination questions.
Predicting test questions is not nearly as difficult as it might seem at first. Every examination is based on only a limited amount of material, and there are only a certain number of questions that instructors intend to ask. Usually they are willing to tell you how many of these questions there will be in advance. Actually, this is only a broad guess, but reviewing for the main ideas on each page of notes will keep you from attempting the impossible task of memorizing every word. It also warns against a superficial skimming of your notes.