Studying for Final Exams

Posted by Naomi Rockler-Gladen Nov 25, 2006

Final exam week sucks. There's no better way to put it. Here are some final exam week tips to help you manage your stress and manage your time during this difficult week.

How did I handle final exam week when I was a student? Sometimes well, sometimes not so well, and sometimes memorably. One semester, a friend in my dorm named Joyce (where are you, girl?) organized a final exam week primal screaming session. Every night at a scheduled time, dorm residents would gather in the main longue and scream as loud as they possibly could. Then we would go back to studying.

Another semester, some friends and I discovered the joy of program length ads at about 1:00 a.m. After hours and hours of stressful studying, someone flipped on the TV in a lounge and discovered a program length ad for a 1-900 dating line. The women that callers could allegedly speak with were displayed on rotating stage like game show refrigerators. I don't know how long we sat there that night watching horrible ads, but it was a much needed stress relief.

Best of luck on your exams, students!