1. Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness. -Dumbledore to Voldemort (Order of the Phoenix)

In this case “things much worse than death” means this exam and yes I am failing to understand it which indeed is going to be a great weakness when it comes to my goal of keeping up my GPA.

2. In dreams, we enter a world that’s entirely our own. -Dumbledore (Prisoner of Azkaban)

Indeed we do. And you find that this is quite an issue when you go to study for an exam and realize that you spent far too much time in this dream world while your brain was supposed to be in the wonderful world of 8 a.m. Calculus.

3. Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain. -Arthur Weasley (Chamber of Secrets)

Hmm...so then our calculators should not be trusted…guess we can’t take that Calc exam professor, any one of them could be a Horcrux! You don’t want another Ginny incident do you?

4. I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind…. At these times… I use the Pensieve. One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one’s mind, pours them into the basin, and examines them at one’s leisure. -Dumbledore (Goblet of Fire)

Forever wishing you had your own Pensieve so you could review all the important info that the prof said in class, instead of trying to decipher some uninspired notes that you mindlessly scribbled in your notebook.

5. If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. -Sirius Black (Goblet of Fire)

So true. This relates to the 2 types of over achievers (or Hermione's if you will) in every class. There’s the know-it-all kid who responds to your exclamation of confusion with “really? It's so easy though I’m not even gonna study” and then there’s the nice human that graciously offers to help. Sorry first dude but according to the legendary Sirius Black, you better work on your character.

6. We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, Harry, but battle on. -Dumbledore (Half-Blood Prince)

And battle on we shall, through all the notecards and Quizlets and long, arduous nights at the library.

7. It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. - Dumbledore (Half-Blood Prince)

In this case “death and darkness” is translated to “exams and studying”, as there is nothing more frightening than the fear of getting to an exam you thought you were prepared for and discovering you know nothing.

8. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. -Dumbledore (Sorcerer’s Stone)

Because the struggle of trying to say no to going out with your friends when you really need to study is so real. They drive a hard bargain.

The trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them. -Dumbledore (Sorcerer’s Stone)

Yes remind me again why I chose to take a finance class at 8 a.m. this semester? And also remind me why I went out last night instead of studying for the cumulative exam in two days?

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. -Dumbledore (Goblet of Fire)

A fancy way of describing the inevitable procrastination that we all take part in and then ferociously regret, time and time again.

Oculus Reparo! -Hermione (Sorcerer’s Stone)

When all else fails…...I mean if it worked to fix Harry’s glasses surely it should work to fix my grades right?