3:15 p.m. I'm sitting on the floor, wearing sweats, and eating olives straight from the jar. I have my first Bio Exam in 45 minutes. This is college.
It was a Wednesday. I have been dreading this day all weak due to the fact that I had my first ever college exam. What made it more stressful was the fact that it was for biology. I had been studying since Sunday evening. When I say studying, I mean the whole 5 yards. I made notecards for each unit, and let me just say, each unit was a huge stack. I had spent every free hour I had either in Milner, Coffee Hound, or at my desk studying; I was so determined to do well on my first exam.
It was now Tuesday night and I was freaking out. I had my bio lecture class in the morning and I was freaking out because we learned some new stuff in the class, and I was very lost. I must've looked through my note cards at least a thousand times. I was constantly quizzing myself. I would do it in the shower, in line at Einstein's, or if I was sitting in another class. I started to realize that I needed to chill. It was great that I was super motivated to do well, but at the same time, I didn't need to be driving myself crazy. I went to bed early that night because I took my own advice and chilled out.
Wednesday morning came and I trudged over to my 9:00 AM History lecture. 50 minutes later, I made my way to my English class. When that was over, I decided to go to Coffee Hound and study a bit, but mainly because I wanted an Iced Chai Tea. I quizzed myself some more and watched the lecture videos for the final preparation. After about two hours of this, I made my way back to my dorm and chilled in my room until I decided to have my mental break down at 2:15. 15 minutes before I needed to start walking over to Felmey Hall.
As I was sitting in front of my vintage mini fridge, eating olives, on my rules floor; I just started crying. It wasn't even because I was that nervous, it was more because I just wanted to do well for my first test. I realize this sounds dramatic, but when you put that much time and effort into something, the thought of failure sucks. After about 2 minutes of this, I pulled myself together. I changed into jeans, a cute top, and threw on my pink converse. I was ready to destroy this exam.
I walked over to Felmey with my earbuds in playing some of my favorite songs. I got to class about 20 minutes early, so I sat in the hallway and did one more run through of my note cards. It was clear to me that I was ready for this exam. My lab instructor opened the door at 3:50 and let us chill until 3:55. He then gave instructions on what to do and asked if we had any questions. As soon as 4:00 hit, we began the exam.
I will say that it was hard, but I still think I did well. I know all my studying paid off because I wasn't completely lost on all of the questions, only a few. All in all, I think my first college exam was decent. I now know I should study a little earlier so I can space out my studying more. I don't even want to know when the next bio exam is.
