Finals

throwittoblythe · 04-30-2008, 05:41 PM

I like to make study sheets. I go back through my notes and write everything down and while I'm writing it down, I make sure I remember it rather than just copying it. Tends to work for me. I'm a gradual studier, I like to take a few hours each day before the exam.

One thing I learned big time early on is not to study things I already know. A lot of people will work one type of problem because they're good at it and it makes them feel like they know what's going on. However, you need to focus on things you don't know and that are difficult if you want to do well.

SouthernHawk · 04-30-2008, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by PolkCityClone

SH - do you still attend your Gay, Sexless or Bi meetings during finals week?

LOL, honestly. Do you stalk me?

I'm flattered.

And to answer your question. No, GSB does not meet during finals week.

scottie33 · 04-30-2008, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by chadm

I went by the theory that your brain remembers things better in the same chemical state you were in when you learned them.

So, if you drink coffee when studying, drink coffee during finals.

If you are usually hungover when attending classes, be hungover when taking the finals.

Although a true statement, however, if I'm one bit hungover there is no going to class for me! So it'd be useless to go to a test hungover cause i don't go to class hungover at all! My attendance on fridays is less that 50 percent for the semester lol

SpRiNgLiMe · 04-30-2008, 07:51 PM

Bend over......

Skyh13 · 04-30-2008, 08:05 PM

Forget finals week, I'm barely making it through dead week alive!!!

(and, no, that wasn't a pun..)

superdorf · 04-30-2008, 10:16 PM

I always was a person who "crammed" for tests. I also seemed to miss a class from time to time for various reasons.

I still have a dream/nightmare from time to time that I walk into a class for the first time and I have to take the final exam... And if I don't pass I won't graduate...

I've been out of school for 7 years now... and it still happens.

Wesley · 04-30-2008, 10:20 PM

Alcohol usuallt destroys the bad brain cells so the good brain cells can perform better.

I do not recommend No Doze. It makes you feel too confident.

jbhtexas · 04-30-2008, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by superdorf

I still have a dream/nightmare from time to time that I walk into a class for the first time and I have to take the final exam... And if I don't pass I won't graduate...

I've been out of school for 7 years now... and it still happens.

My Gosh!! I have this same dream too...and I have it ALOT! It doesn't get any better with time...I've been out of grad school for 14 years now...

As a little variation, I also have one where I've lost the finals schedule and I don't know where to go to take the test.

I enjoy most of my dreams, but I really hate this one...and the one where I cause a little fender bender with some aribtrary car...

mwitt · 04-30-2008, 10:30 PM

I'm a junior, and I've yet to have that dream. The only time I was really stressed during finals was my first semester freshman year because it was a new experience.

bigredqb7 · 04-30-2008, 10:32 PM

the only thing im dreaming about before finals is 22s model pics. dont ban me for saying it

jbhtexas · 04-30-2008, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by mwitt

I'm a junior, and I've yet to have that dream. The only time I was really stressed during finals was my first semester freshman year because it was a new experience.

For me, the "finals" dream didn't start until several years after school...

superdorf · 04-30-2008, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by jbhtexas

For me, the "finals" dream didn't start until several years after school...

Yeah... same here... And man it can be totally freaky. I will wake up worried that I won't graduate...

clone2011 · 04-30-2008, 10:37 PM

I'm a crammer. I like to study the night before and have a horrible habit of skipping a class to study for the exam in the following class. I'm a self-assessed "lazy student" and I frequently forget about WebCT homeworks, do readings the day before, skip class if it's in a lecture hall and I'm anonymous, etc. Somehow I pull off decent grades.

During finals I always go to the 2nd floor of Parks and go to the area where they have laptop tables that have just one chair, a desk, and wall plug-ins. I plug in my computer, look up whatever I have to on the internet (related to class), and turn on my iTunes. I HAVE to have music playing to study. I go crazy sitting in a silent room and eventually started singing in my head anyway, so might as well listen to something I enjoy.

It works for me.

jbhtexas · 04-30-2008, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by superdorf

Yeah... same here... And man it can be totally freaky. I will wake up worried that I won't graduate...

The freaky thing for me is that in the dream, I know that I already have my degrees, but I feel they aren't legitimate or that they may be taken away because I haven't passed this final...

Something for you young'uns to look forward to.

cycopath25 · 04-30-2008, 10:39 PM

I started my finals plan from day one of the class. I had a ISU football jersey with my name on the back. I told all the professors I was on the team and didn't show up to Friday class when they team was on the road. Since the Professors thought I was on the team I never had to take a final, and passed all my classes.