As final week approaches, I know many of us tend to get stressed out, so here are my top five tips for you during finals week!

1. To Get Enough Sleep

This can’t be stressed enough. Make sure that you don’t study past 12 AM. Staying up too late might just result in your oversleeping and trust me, you don’t want that. Do what you can throughout the day, between classes perhaps.

2. To Procrastinate Less

The number of times I’ve taken 10-minute study breaks that turned into 2-hour study breaks is ridiculous. Don’t be like me. Put that phone down, stop scrolling on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Facebook. The memes will be ready and waiting for you when you open that app again. Get back to studying and do what you have to do!

3. To Pace Yourself During Studying

Don’t try to cram your notes, and don’t study for more than 3 courses in a day. Usually what I do is study for 2 or 3 in one day, and the following day I’d study for the other ones I didn’t get to. Probably rotate the courses that you’re studying for every 2 to 3 hours, that helps as well. That way you have enough time to get to everything.

4. Find A Group of Friends or Classmates to Study With

Maybe if you look at notes from others, you can get anything you’ve missed that might show up on a test, and whatever you’ve gotten, they might’ve missed. It never fails when you help those help you! Also, seeing things from different perspectives are extremely helpful. This is critical for essay writing so, go out there and socialize with classmates!

5. Try Not To Panic on The Day Of

After you’ve studied all that you could, just take a deep breath and go in and ace that final. You will pass, you will get your credits, you will graduate and you will get a job. Take your time on the test-- you have plenty of time to erase and cross out answers...and when in doubt, choose C.

Wishing you all the best of luck and a Happy Holidays when it comes! Woohoo, one semester down, one to go!