Thursday, April 7, 2011

No more exams!!

This seems to be the last big exam week before finals!! It feels great to be done with midterms, but this is not the time to slack off just because you feel like you're done with most of your work for the semester. For most classes the finals are cummulative, so it is necessary to continue doing all of your work and learning all of the new material just as well as you learned the material for all of the other exams. On top of learning the new material you also need to be concerned with the stuff that was on the past exams so your work is not done by any means. The more you prepare ahead of time by studying for exams early, the less studying you will have to do when it comes to finals week. It will also keep your stress levels down for finals if you already feel like you've studied the material enough beforehand and all you really have left is to look over it just as a review a few more times.
That said- I think you definately do need to try to relax still and take in the last few weeks freshmen year! Sounds so weird I can't believe how fast it went. Anyway, if you relax a little bit the last few weeks of classes they you will be all ready to sudy very hard and do well on finals. It would definately be a good idea to try to get enough sleep now so that finals week you are all caught up and if you need to stay up later one night study then it won't be such a big deal. Its still important to get lot of sleep for finals so that you have a rested brain during the exam and you can think straight, but as long as you aren't already sleep deprived  then one night of late studyig won't hurt you much.
Remember still to always take some study breaks. Summer is coming up so go to the gym--get your summer bod back! That won;t happen by eating an entire can of icing but sometimes that is needed too =]

3 comments:

  1. I don't agree with eating an entire can of icing but sometimes, especially when working on a stressful project, you and your group just need something to help you take a break and destress. I love your advice to rest up and prepare for finals. I'm planning on taking Sunday to relax before I work on hardcore studying for finals. You're right- this year went by too quickly!

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  2. Don't forget that an entire can of icing is most certainly not complete without a giant box of Nilla wafers! Today was definitely a prime example of one of those days to just relax before finals-- it was gorgeous out! I love all of your advice :)

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  3. This year went by way too fast, and your advice is so true. It's easy to just think of how close I am to summer and slack off, but then I read your blog and remember I can't do that....thanks, jaclyn...

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