
I figured I needed two weeks minimum to study for my permit test - so that left me another week before I had to start worrying about that. I told her that was perfect - that was just enough time to learn everything I was supposed to have learnt about driving laws in the past two months. She told me that the only other possible date was in three weeks. It was the end of summer, and at this point, I had supposedly studied all summer.īut it was summer! I found every excuse I not sit down at my desk and actually study for my permit test.Ī week before my scheduled test, I told my mom that I wasn’t ready to take the test yet (she didn’t know that I had literally read only two pages of the online textbook all of summer), and I urged her to reschedule my permit test. I did not know it was going to be that day. Let me just start out by saying that it was not entirely my fault for only having 3 hours to study for my permit test. How I Ended Up with Only 3 Hours to Study What I SHOULD have done to not leave everything to the last minute.The best resources to quiz yourself before the test.The most important topics you need to pass + weirdly specific laws you need to know in each topic.But this will also be a no BS guide for how to study for the permit test if you have VERY little time left before your test. If you still have a couple of weeks, I hope my story will inspire you to start studying earlier than three hours - and I will also share with you what I SHOULD have done.

The morning before my test was probably the most stressful 3 hours of my life, so I only recommend studying like this if you are in DIRE need.

Because I am from California, the tricky laws stated in this article is from the DMV handbook, but if you're from another state, I have resources for you explained at the end of the article.


I know I’m not the only one out there with extremely bad procrastination, so for my fellow procrastinators out there, I feel you. I managed to procrastinate so badly that I had no choice but to cram right before my Driver's Ed test.
