Finals Advice?

<p>I'm a freshman and at my high school we are allowed one exemption of a final. My Honors English teacher won't put in our 100 point project until after the exemption forms are due....and I'm .5 away from an A in that class (and if I got a 100 on the project, when calculated, my grade would jump .7)
I have the option to take a final and have it count only if it counts toward my grade so I was thinking about doing that for English, but that would only add more stress as I would have to prepare for every class instead of not worry about one class. Or, I could exempt my Geo Honors (which I'm struggling in with an 82) and risk dropping my grade back to a B+ in English.</p>

<p>Thoughts? Help is appreciated :) also any advice for studying/finals in general would be great! HS is a lot more stressful than I thought it'd be!</p>