Many college students are entering into the last week of their semester with the dooming week of finals this week or in the next few weeks. My finals start today.
I thought I would share with you all a few tips I have learned to conquer those final exams.
- Don't cram. I am the biggest procrastinator there is, but I have found that cramming for a final doesn't help. What I typically do, especially if the final is over the whole semester, is start reviewing the material about a week before the test.
- Don't stay up all Night: You need your sleep. You can retain more information if you have slept. All Nighters and cramming do not help.
- Drink plenty of Water and Don't skip meals: This is will help you from not getting sick. When I was getting my first degree, I would always get sick right after my finals. I would skip meals to study or not eat a proper meal. A bagel is not a great meal, and I found I was drinking more coffee and high caffeine drinks than water.
- Have a to do list with a schedule: I have a detailed to do list. For finals week, I have my days planned out to a Tee. The beginning of my list, I have what needs to be done, and then plan each day with time set aside for studying specific classes or writing that final paper. You don't have to be this planned, but having a some what schedule for studying always seemed to help me, and having a to do list that you mark off got me more motived and I could see my progress.
- For example my final to do list for this week for Monday looks like this:
- Monday May 5: 6p HIST 2010 Final (open note and book)
- 9-10a: go over the first 20 terms on study guide and outline a definition and pages numbers
- 10-11a: Go over the first page of GEOG 1110 study guide
- 11-12a: Draft first three paragraphs for Civil War finals.
- Also if you are away from home and have to pack up your dorm room, put that on the to do list as well.
- Deactivate Facebook: I would deactivate my facebook the Sunday before finals week, and would not turn it back on until the last final was taken.
- Take Breaks: I take about a 10 minute break from studying about every hour, and then after every 3 or so hours, I would take a 30 minute break. If you don't take breaks, you will get easily distracted, and I found if I did not take a break for hours, I found it hard when I did to get back to studying.
- COMFORT!: Wear clothes your comfortable in, Study in your favorite place. If you are comfortable, then it will make it easier to study. I would always sit in the floor with a pair of basketball shorts and a tank top, studying, especially when I lived in a dorm. I could not study in my room very well.
- Find a buddy: Find someone to study with. I would do better when I had someone to quiz me on the material and for me to quiz them as well. I absorbed it two ways.
Peaceful and Happy Thoughts,
--Rue.
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