How to cope with final exams
All of us go through the same! No matter if we are seniors, freshmen, or 6th graders, everyone has to endure the torture of the mind-exploding final exams! While some have a harder time than others mastering them, everyone still has to study and put in time and preparation into succeeded with this final task of the semester. Here are some tips on how to better prepare for the upcoming exams, from an experienced senior.
- Feeling desperate? About to have a mental breakdown? Cried so much already that tears have stopped coming out? Then you might want to read these tips on how to cope with final exams!
All of us go through the same! No matter if we are seniors, freshmen, or 6th graders, everyone has to endure the torture of the mind-exploding final exams! While some have a harder time than others mastering them, everyone still has to study and put in time and preparation into succeeded with this final task of the semester. Here are some tips on how to better prepare for the upcoming exams, from an experienced senior.
- Study: Simple as that. Just study. No matter if you have a 97 in the class and you were about to get exempt, it is better to study and be prepared for anything that might come along in that evil sheet of paper than to be ponchao when the time comes.
- Take your time: Don't study for 30 seconds every night, or start studying in the bus the same morning of the exam. Instead, start preparing some days in anticipation. Take some 15, 20, 30, or however many minutes you feel you need. This will help a lot, trust me.
- Ask!: Sometimes if you have a doubt, it is a good idea to ask your siblings, your parents, your teacher, or even your friends for some help! Research has proved that studying with someone else can enhance learning abilities, memory, and help you prepare for the exams better.
- Perhaps try some trick you read over the internet: Hey, if they became famous over the internet, then that trick might work a little. Have you ever read about the bubble gum? It is said that if you chew a certain flavor of bubble gum while you study (preferably a extraneous one instead of the daily flavor) and then chew that same flavor of gum during the test, you might remember things better. That is called mood-congruent memories - AP Psych baby
- Relax. Be confident: If you sit down thinking you are going to fail and that there is nothing in the world to help you, then there will be nothing in the world to help you. Stay positive, and think that you now at least some of the things that are going in to the test. Think that at least you are going to pass - maybe not a 100%, but a B or something. Who knows, maybe you could ace it after all!