Finals week/Advice for studying

As all of you know, finals week is coming up awfully fast.  Because of this, there are not too many more activities for the remainder of the semester.  This is can be considered both a good and bad thing.  It is a good thing because it means the semester is coming to an end, and winter break is just around the corner.  It is a bad thing because before the winter break, unfortunately there still are finals.  Even though finals are every college students worst nightmare, I have some tips that will help students to do better on their exams with less effort.

First, it’s very helpful to study a little bit frequently, as opposed to waiting until the night before and cramming.  It’s a lot easier to retain information when you are relaxed, as opposed to being in a hurry, tired, or angry.  If you study little amounts at a time frequently, it helps to prevent you from becoming tired or angry while studying.

Second, create a study routine.  It’s proven that if you are used to a certain routine of studying, you will do better than if you study at random times.  It’s also very helpful to review the information the day of the test, just to keep it fresh in your mind.

Third, and most important, when you study, you will get frustrated, there’s no avoiding it.  You need to do whatever you can to prepare yourself for it.  You need to realize that the frustration is going to come, and you need to realize that you need to ignore it in order to study better.

Hopefully, this will help you to do better on your finals.  Best of luck to all of you.

Kev