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With less than a month of school left, summer is peering around the corner, and although those sun-soaked beaches and ice cold popsicles are almost in reach, the dread of finals needs to be acknowledged before even discussing summer plans. Finals can be a stressful time for everyone, especially with the fear of juggling every bit of information you’ve learned in the last 11 months (give or take), and attempting to retain every math equation to every vocabulary word. In dodging any study methods that threaten the enjoyability of the last few weeks of school, students turn to the predetermined notion that studying immense amounts of information in a short time period is the best way to ace your final. With so much material to cover and so many classes to stress about, it’s understandable to become overwhelmed when approaching studying habits, and immediately relying on the well sought out “cram sessions,” but this now transparent facade is undeniably a ‘broken system.’
After 2 years of miserable attempts not living up to their triumphant reputation, I realized staying up for hours on ends just to get an average score on my test wasn’t seeming worth it anymore. I needed to try out versions that were mentally adequate, especially in terms of my health, as well as successful, so I decided to, as many say, “study smarter not harder.” I strongly recommend you ditch the last minute cramming, and save your brain the aches and pains by following these simple and manageable studying tips I apply as finals come into view.
Simply Kiele 