Finals season is upon college students like the Plague was on Europe in 1348. Not good. If you’re finding yourself stressed out, twitchy, and about to start crying in the computer lab, don’t. Instead, follow these three tips to make finals a little less “gut-wrenchingly awful” and a little more “unpleasant, but liveable.” Stock your ...
The best part is imagining yourself in the pretty urban cityscape. Oh, and the instrumental Pixies covers. Those are cool, too. If you’re someone who has to have music to study to, preparing playlists can take up more time than the actual learning. Particularly if you want to have control over what kind of music ...
These people followed our advice and are flu- and rickets-free. Image courtesy of Flickr user MC Quinn. Licensed under CC 2.0 Finals are approaching, and for many students that means hours of studying supported only by coffee and occasional sugar-filled study breaks. Not surprisingly, this wrecks yo
#8230; I should have studied more. Photo by flickr user brdavids Well, friends. That’s it for our Finals Prep Week. Best of luck next week with your finals. I’ll be making sure to get plenty of sleep this weekend while cranking out my last few papers. If you missed any posts, here are all of ...
Q: In one week, how do you write 600 pages and study for 18 tests? A: One hour at a time. When you think about how much you have to tackle during finals, it’s daunting. Instead, you need to think about each piece of each assignment as a separate task. If you plan your week ...
If you haven’t noticed, we’re right in the midst of our Finals Prep week. Remember: breathe. Here are the posts so far: Rewarding Yourself for Studying Eating Healthy and Regularly During Finals Punish Yourself into a Studying Frenzy Mixing the Ultimate Study Binge Trail Mix Motivate Yourself to Study by Revamping Your Workspace Don’t ...
You’re doing it right.Finding a balance between serious study time and time for sanity can be extremely hard during finals week. Slaving over your desk might lead to you knowing everything there is to know about a subject, and you very well might get an A in class. In that case, congratulations. For the people ...
Sitting in front of the TV between two piles of empty beer cans with a binder on your lap is no way to study. If your desk is submerged in eight-and-a-half-by-eleven or your favorite nook in the student union is swamped these days, that’s definitely not improving your chances of getting down to work. Spend ...
Trail mix in German is “Studentenfutter,” which literally means “student food.” “Student food” in American is “pizza,” which literally means, “You are eating bullshit. Stop that.” I have no idea as to the origins of the German word but it’s a great coincidence because this post is about how trail mix is the best study ...
I have three finals this semester, all of them next week. The way I see it, I have two options: one, I can parcel out my studying, do a bit each day, and be in great shape come the day before the exam. Or, I can wait until four hours before the exam, panic, cry, ...
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