<p>I know a lot of you are stressing right now about finals week. People tell you that if you are not stressed that means you are not normal.</p>
<p>Well I have one class left before finals week and I thought I would share some advice.</p>
<p>In my opinion, finals shouldn't stress you out. I will always remember what my English professor mentioned. She said that a test should be fun. It measures how much you know; it doesn't measure how smart you are. Also, today my Statistics professor gave us some advice. He said that students shouldn't be stressed out during finals week and if you manage your time correctly and if you don't wait until the last minute, you will do fine. He is also surprised when he sees most students cramming minutes before the exam. He said that you won't get anything accomplished if you are still cramming right before the test. He said that he wanted to mention this because he wanted others to learn from his mistakes. He said he stayed up late to study for tests and did poorly in some classes. I was surprised to hear this because he is a strict professor. I think the professors that are strict are always the best professors. I didn't just learn the subject, but I also learned ways to improve.</p>
<p>This brings me to the point I wanted to make. Most of you know what grade you will most likely receive at the end of the semester. Some of you know that it is impossible to pass a certain class and you will have to take it over again. In my opinion, you shouldn't stress out about it. You are not the only one. I think the best thing to do is to mainly focus on the classes you do well in so you won't screw up the good grades that you have. </p>
<p>In my opinion (I know some people will diagree with me), I think college is more about finding what you are good in and to explore different areas than grades. College is also about exploring new hobbies. After college, a lot of people still don't know what field they want to get into or they hate the field that they are in. I am not saying that grades are important; I agree that they are. I think if you explore what field interests you, I think you will be more successful than worrying about grades.</p>
<p>To sum it all up, I think everyone should just take a moment and reflect. You should cherish the moments that you have. College is a time when you don't have to have to worry about house payments and the other responsibilties. You should just live every moment and have fun with it. There is more to life than grades. Somebody who has a 3.5 is no better than someone who has 2.5. After college, the person with the 3.5 is not guaranteed anything. The last thing that I have to say is to don't give up. You will never fail if you keep working. Good luck to everyone and I hope to hear some comments you may have.</p>
<p>As a freshman, I'm extremely stressed out about my finals. I'm worried about my calc class because I already failed two exams, and this final will make or break my grade. My TA told me that I need to do well on the final and my parents have been causing me so much stress about this one class that I feel like I can't do this anymore. My parents ask me every single day about what I'm doing in this class, and they never ask how I'm doing in every other class (I'm doing well, but I still work hard).</p>
<p>Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>If you are trying to learn new concepts the night before the exam, you will not succeed. The reason why I pull an all nighter is to rehash the information that was covered throughout the semester so it'll be fresh in my mind, in that sense, my lack of sleep before finals for pulling all nights proved helpful.</p>
<p>smurfette2692 Don't worry about what your parents are saying. Some parents just look at the negatives and not the positives. Their comments won't affect how well you do in the class. Just try your best and study hard. That is all you can do. If you do fail, just think of it as a roadblock. In life, there are roadblocks constantly. The most important thing is that you learned something from failing the class. You now know how college is and what you have to do to suceed. Good luck!</p>
<p>I've never been one to stress over finals...if I don't know it by the day before the exam, I probably won't learn it. I honestly don't study more than a few hours a day for each class. It's just not worth it. I always put things into perspective before finals in that if I get X grade on the final in this class, then my overall grade will be X. It helps take the stress out--I haven't been in the situation of maybe not passing a class too often.</p>
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<p>I usually always cram and I mostly get B+ and A+ on my midterms. I guess it works for some subjects and some people. Like someone said above, trying to learn a new concept before a test will probably not work out (especially math/science subjects) I stay up to rehash and memorize stuff.</p>
<p>Yeah, uyulove is right. All nighter's trying to learn an entire semester/quarter of math the day before the final doesn't really work. But I know that two/three days before my history midterm, I researched the 3+ pages of terms for the test, began memorizing, and ended up getting 100% on the terms section.</p>
<p>I think doing well on finals involve knowing yourself, knowing how you learn and what you know, and knowing what you need or don't need to stress over.</p>
<p>I agree with the last poster --- while it's largely impossible to learn all of the material in one night, it's certainly possible to learn a small number of concepts the night before the final.</p>