You're so close to summer you can actually taste it; however, you still have to make it through a week of hell... Otherwise known as finals week. Whether you have one final or five (shout-out to y'all), here is a list of the most essential finals tips that will help keep you alive until summer.
1. Reload your Starbucks card.
2. Find/create the perfect study playlist.
My favorites are the playlists comprised entirely of movie scores. You can find these on Spotify or Pandora!
3. Plan your course of action.
Plan which finals you'll study for first, and plan how you'll study for them. It will reduce some of the stress you already have.
4. Stake out the best study spots.
At UT the FAC, Union, and the PCL are always prime study locations. However if you want more room and less people, check out the Law Library (open 24 hours)! There are also some really cool 24-hour or open-super-late coffee shops in North Campus!
5. Load up on candy.
There's no limit during finals week.
6. Forget about your diet for a week.
Don't go nuts and eat your weight in junk food, but it's OK to eat Wendy's or any of the other late night fast food places a couple of times this week.
7. Buy some Red Bull.
Because there's no such thing as too much caffeine during finals week.
8. Schedule in naps.
Because if you don't you'll look up and realize you haven't slept in who knows how long.
9. Find some inspirational quotes to read when you're doubting yourself.
It doesn't hurt to read some cheesy, inspiring quotes, even if you're learning an entire semester's worth of class in four days in five different classes, and you actually think you might die.
10. Study with friends.
Because even though you're all silently dying as you go over your notes again and again, at least you're all silently dying together.
