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Week doesn't have to be horrifying
Students prepare for finals next week,
Paige Carswell
Issue date: 12/5/07 Section: Collegian Front Page
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Finals. The word strikes fear into the hearts of young adults nationwide. The thought of cramming insane amounts of information and caffeine into your body at all hours of the night attempting to study for an impassable test could make even mafia members break into a cold sweat.
For those who haven't had the experience, the thought of finals week, Dec. 10 to 14, can be especially intimidating.
Horror stories of students who get a total of four hours of sleep in four days, and who end up getting a four percent on their test seem to mark the occasion best.
Classes won't meet during finals week. Monday is declared reading day, a day to prepare for finals. Consequently, no finals are scheduled.
However scary the word sounds, students have been passing finals for more years than we have been alive, and veterans of the system have their own bits of advice for clueless students roaming the campus.
"I start studying the week before finals," said Roger Pemberton, elementary education graduate student.
"I do very little studying the week of finals because I don't think studying right before you do something helps. It usually works out pretty well. I've never gone into any finals feeling that I've under prepared, and I don't think I've gotten any lower than a C," said Pemberton.
For those who work better under some pressure, it is still generally recommended to try not to rush to study for tests and put together final projects at the very last minute.
Sarah Morton, computer science senior, said, "If I do have a test, I'll start studying about five days in advance if I know what's on the test. If it's a project, I'll start early and set it aside, and I'll do it a little before it's due, because I work better under pressure. If it's big, I won't do it the night before."
Especially daring or more likely procrastinating types may find themselves, as the stories say, up at 6 a.m. studying for a test at 8 a.m.
Amos Dailey, video game design senior, said, "I normally just cram all night the night before, wake up, and go straight to class while the information is still fresh in my head. I normally pass, but sometimes it doesn't work."
For those who haven't had the experience, the thought of finals week, Dec. 10 to 14, can be especially intimidating.
Horror stories of students who get a total of four hours of sleep in four days, and who end up getting a four percent on their test seem to mark the occasion best.
Classes won't meet during finals week. Monday is declared reading day, a day to prepare for finals. Consequently, no finals are scheduled.
However scary the word sounds, students have been passing finals for more years than we have been alive, and veterans of the system have their own bits of advice for clueless students roaming the campus.
"I start studying the week before finals," said Roger Pemberton, elementary education graduate student.
"I do very little studying the week of finals because I don't think studying right before you do something helps. It usually works out pretty well. I've never gone into any finals feeling that I've under prepared, and I don't think I've gotten any lower than a C," said Pemberton.
For those who work better under some pressure, it is still generally recommended to try not to rush to study for tests and put together final projects at the very last minute.
Sarah Morton, computer science senior, said, "If I do have a test, I'll start studying about five days in advance if I know what's on the test. If it's a project, I'll start early and set it aside, and I'll do it a little before it's due, because I work better under pressure. If it's big, I won't do it the night before."
Especially daring or more likely procrastinating types may find themselves, as the stories say, up at 6 a.m. studying for a test at 8 a.m.
Amos Dailey, video game design senior, said, "I normally just cram all night the night before, wake up, and go straight to class while the information is still fresh in my head. I normally pass, but sometimes it doesn't work."
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