Everyone who is in or has been in college understands that finals week horror stories are no joke, so to all of those who are prepping for college, in college but have never been through finals week before, or are just curious about the struggles of a stressed out college student here you go! These are all the things you need to know about serving finals week!
1. Note Cards
This. Is. Life. Note cards are easiest, quickest, and most effective way to study for your tests. Many studies show that this visual style learning (when done right) helps retain more information because it allows you to understand the concept without actually memorizing your notes, which is time-consuming.
2. Study Groups
Getting a bunch of people from your class together and locking yourselves in a room until your brain feels so full that you think there is no possible way to fit any more information in there is awesome... No, really. If you don't understand something that happened in class, chances are one of your classmates did.
3. Teacher Run Study Sessions
Gold! Gold I tell you! The professor will basically tell you EXACTLY what will be on the test. You should never miss this opportunity if it is presented to you.
4. Multi-Colored Pens
These bad boys save lives by showing what is really important for the exam and what you can portly brush over while studying.
5. Energy, Snacks, and Hard Candy
These are absolutely necessary if you plan on living long enough to see your college education turn into anything. While studying and being a breath away from death, these heroes of the classroom will drag you back to reality and let you keep going.
6. Vitamin C... ANYTHING WITH VITAMIN C
The stress and lack of sleep really mess with your immune system, but no one can afford to get sick right before or during finals week. Trust me, taking an exam that contains any math at all is not fun with a fever of 101.
7. Study Breaks
Yes, it is important to study your brains out, but eventually your brain will explode and studying will be impossible. Go to the school run study breaks or find your own way to relax for an hour or two. Like Netflix... maybe not.
8. Sleep
Instead of staying up all night before the test studying, stay up the night before or study from dawn until dusk. Sleep is so important for the test because if you fall asleep while taking the test you are completely doomed because NO ONE will wake you up. Even after everyone has already finished and left.
9. Motivation
Just remember that as soon as finals are over, break begins and you can sleep as much as you want then and finally relax!
So good luck all my sleep deprived and stressed to the point of insanity comrades! I wish you the best and will see you on the other side!
