Finals season is almost here. Prepare yourselves. Seriously, taking finals is like going to war. There are many enemies in this battle: sleep, social events, laziness, procrastination, and sheer, unbridled lack of understanding. The enemies are near, and they are ready to take you down. Good thing you’re preparing now.
- Let’s face it- finals are like waging a personal war against sleep. This enemy is both physical and mental. There are too many finals to review for and not enough time. If you take a good look around and see students in the library using their laptop as a pillow, they’re in trouble and they have already lost the war against sleep. Here’s how to defeat your enemy: Drink 5 hr. energy and speed-read every book you’ve ever been assigned. We like to call this efficiency. It’s a GRE word.
- You’re young, you’re fun, and you’ve got the packed social calendar to prove it. Every soldier needs a good plan; a plan to party is not what we’re talking about. The temptation is so strong to just pack up your things and go have “just one beer” at the bar across the street. This is a booby trap filled with car bombs, Jaeger bombs, sake bombs and other unmentionable drinks that make you regret ever stepping foot into a bar. Here’s how to defeat your enemy: remember that during finals season, if it sounds too good/fun to be true, it probably is.
- Laziness and procrastination are pretty much the same thing here- and you can prevent them both. This is an enemy that lives within you- scary, huh? You can say that you sat down in front of your computer to do research for that 10-page paper due next Wednesday, but we know you’re lying. Laziness has won the battle this time. It will continue to win again and again if you don’t put an end to laziness right now. Here’s how to defeat your enemy: List every single possible excuse for not studying and write it on a piece of paper that’s not in your notebook. Now burn that piece of paper (as safely as possible- we don’t want a bonfire here). Look what you just did- you got rid of all your excuses to not study. Now GO STUDY.
- A lack of understanding is probably one of the hardest enemies to overcome in the war against finals season. For whatever reason, you decided to wait until it was almost too late to recover before realizing that you have no idea what’s going on in class. We don’t judge-we’re just here to help. Good thing you actually want to learn the information. Here’s how to defeat your enemy: Talk to your professor and let him/her know that you need a little help understanding some key concepts. If he/she has a heart (and you haven’t pissed them off), you best believe that some help is coming your way. If you have managed to get yourself into a class that has a soulless professor, Flashnotes does a wonderful job at connecting students that understand the material with the students that want to learn.
If you’re in college and you just want someone to baby you and tell you that everything will be alright- you’re barking up the wrong tree here. You’re an adult and you have to make everything right for yourself. We can provide you with resources to help you help yourself, but this is a personal battle between you and your studies. We wish you the best.
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