An exam-season survival guide focused on learners’ study methods, organization, and stress management emphasizes practical revision systems such as traffic-light self-assessment, peer explanation techniques, and timely use of AI tools. The guidance frames AI as a support for generating discussion prompts and structure, while warning against using AI to fetch answers after assessment. The content also stresses operational habits—keeping exam timetables visible and using targeted study approaches for “differently phrased” questions. For tutors and universities, the recurring theme is reducing anxiety by matching study workflows to assessment formats. Although the guide is aimed at secondary learners, the strategies map directly to student success work in higher education: formative feedback loops, metacognitive tracking, and boundaries for permissible technology use. Institutions may use such guidance to support academic advising, learning centers, and tutoring units as AI-assisted study becomes more common.