<p>Hey, I got to this very, very generous school district that has no finals or midterms in all of elementary and middle school. We also have no midterms during HS =)</p>
<p>But we do have finals, for 9th and 10th grades. The Jrs. and Snrs. who have final averages of 92+ are also exempt =D</p>
<p>But as a froshie, I'm really nervous about the finals. A jr. friend told me that many teachers don't curve, or only review for the week before. I'm seriously nervous about how I'll do. I need to do good for most of them, or I risk getting grades a lot worse than usual.</p>
<p>Any advice? Tips? Words of wisdom for you upperclass man and college guys/gals?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Oh man lol. Learning how to cram for finals is something that needs to be learned now, before college comes.</p>
<p>Procrastination is the usual first step. Followed by an uneasiness that grows into a deep-seated panic the day before exams. Then you cram everything you’ve learned over the year into one day of exhausting, soul-draining studying. </p>
<p>I personally like making review sheets for my classes. At least for the maths and sciences, since the equations can all fit into a couple of sheets. For things like history and english, I just review whatever notes I happened to take. Sometimes, I skim through the relevant books. Basically, if I can make tables or graphs, I’ll make them and study those over blocks of text.</p>
<p>Good luck though, lol.</p>
<p>For history and english, I make fast question and answer sheet for each class.
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<p>For math and science, I collect a bunch of hard problems from each unit/chapter/section whatever you have, and make a review out of them. The more problems you do, the better you should do on your test…</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>It’s not like finals really matter that much. What percentage of your grade are they?</p>
<p>Thanks, though my finals are like in the 1st/2nd week of June, I might as well not cram and start studying in all my free time. Reading through notes/review sheets is how I’ll study for SS and Bio, Spark/Cliffnotes along with notes for English, and just skimming through the book for math. </p>
<p>Though I fear Latin, I never paid any attention in that class. All I did was study the bare basics to get me an A on the quizes, but I retained no vocab, no grammar, nothing. I’m soo bombing that entirely.</p>
<p>They’re like 1/9 or around 11% of your final grade. I want my GPA in like the 3.85uw region, so I wanna get atleast a 94-95 in all of them, if not higher.</p>
<p>Making study packets = win. Like someone else said, writing out formulas is great. If you’re a nerd like me, you can color-code everything to make it fun. Note cards are also awesome. It shouldn’t be too difficult to study everything for Latin if you begin now. But never underestimate the value of cramming. Everyone will tell you to get a good night’s sleep the night before because if you cram, you won’t remember anything - that’s completely false. I’ve always believed that I’d rather go in tired and prepared than unprepared and having gotten a good night’s sleep.</p>
<p>Lol we got to take Latin 1a and 1b in middle school, with a teacher that taught us like 10 words and a bunch of charts full of word endings. We got to HS’s latin 2, and we’re expected to know soo much that we simply do not know. Add that in with a class we goof off in, plus Latin just being a subject completely difficult in the first place, and you’ve got 1 month til a total bombing of a final. </p>
<p>Though yeah, I will be using notecards, as well as just reading through my notes since the beginning of the year.</p>