What’s the Best Way to Study When I Have Several Tests In The Same Week?
Mid-terms and finals are the bane of most college students’ existence. One final exam would be bad
enough, but at the end of the semester we often have to take two or three exams in a single day! It’s enough to make even the most studious among us pine for the life of a beach bum.
If you find yourself in this unenviable position, here are some tips and tricks to help you make the best of a bad situation.
The quick list…
- Get to work NOW
- Map out your path to success
- Cut out the non-essentials and distractions
- Identify and concentrate on the big payoff items
- Don’t mistake work for progress
- Maximize your learning ability by working with your brain (as I’ve posted on throughout this blog)
- Avoid the big mistakes students make in these situations
Read on for the full scoop on how to apply each of these!
Get to work now! Stop daydreaming about being a beach bum! While it may sound glamorous and carefree, those with actual Margaritaville experience can tell you it’s not all shrimp boils and hammock snoozing. You’ll also have to contend with unsightly overweight tourists in way-too-revealing swimsuits, skull-battering hangovers, and embarrassing tattoos that you don’t recall getting. Daydreaming when you should have been hitting the books is what got you into this mess in the first place. As one pundit observed, “If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.”
Map out your path to success. That is, come up with a plan to maximize the time you have left; then stick to the plan. Sketch out a daily plan from now until test day(s). Don’t waste time searching the internet for the perfect online scheduling solution or fritter away precious minutes trolling the aisles of the office supply store weighing the merits of the $40, leather-bound planner versus the $14, plastic version. Those are procrastination tactics designed to delay the inevitable. Pull out a couple of pieces of notebook paper right now and map out an hour-by-hour schedule for each day from now until the end of the ordeal. Block off all those necessaries such as sleep time and classes.
Cut out all the non-essentials and distractions and send appropriate email apologies. For instance, email your buddies a quick “Sorry. Can’t make the monster truck rally this week. Finals are eating my lunch. Pray for me!” Turn off the cell phone (or other technology distractors) for most of the day. Plan a few times each day to turn it back on and check messages. Respond to the most urgent and delay the others. You may have to go somewhere new to study. For instance, I knew that studying in my dorm room or at the library was not very efficient because friends would come find me there and my TV and computer constantly called me to come procrastinate. I might go to a coffee shop on the other side of town to study. One that none of my friends were likely to visit.
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