Well, a whole semester has come and gone and I keep trying to look over my shoulder and figure out where it went.
Around here, especially in my dorm, there are advertisements everywhere for study sessions and tutorials on how to ace your finals. This is all well and good, except that the posters are designed to scare you (not cool).
"Come to the study session to learn how to annihilate your exams without liquefying your brain!!!! College finals are not equal to high school finals."
"You think your finals will be just like your high school finals?"
So I studied really hard. I made hundreds of flash cards. I practiced and practiced my short answers for Gender and Communication. I had two hours for each exam to do my very best.
My studying may have helped me, but I wouldn't say that it helped THAT much. I already knew almost all the terms as I was making the notecards. I just figured: better safe than sorry.
Anyhow, Monday morning came around and....
Gender and Communication: 12 multiple choice, 12 short answer; 30 minutes to finish (I feel I aced it)
Anthropology: 103 multiple choice; 20 minutes to finish (Also feel confident)
Writing and Literature: poetry game (aced--we did it together!)
French: "Easier than Chapter 5 test" <--words of the professor; 30 minutes (ACED!)
The only one I had difficulty with was Precalc. Of course, math has never been easy and THIS math was on the verge of being beyond me and after mid Chapter 5 it WAS beyond me (There are only six chapters). I should be alright, though. There were plenty of things on the test I understood. Except the guy next to me kept making stupid noises and burping and it smelled terrible and he smelled terrible and I was just glad to get out of there!
I'm very confused about how those were more difficult than my high school finals. In actuality, I believe they were easier (with the exception of precalculus, of course--although my math finals in high school weren't easy peasy either).
Still,
Tip # 11: Study hard. There's always the possibility that finals will beat you up. But, relax. There's no need to freak out and get overwhelmed. That will only make it more difficult to retain what you're trying to study.
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On a brighter note:Christmas!
Brandy, Rachel, and I had an ugly sweater dinner and exchanged gifts in Brandy's dorm after we played a few rousing games of Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader, Disney Edition." haha.
Last weekend, Emily came down. Linds and I made a fireplace out of paper and bought a tree. It looked so cute. We all got stockings and filled each other's up.
It was a really great time. We opened presents, watched Bridesmaids, went to the Rave Cinema to see New Year's Eve, and then hung out with Lindsey's friend Jeff (a Chip :P) and went to his cousin's apartment (she goes here) for an ugly sweater party! :D
Even after all that fun...I can't wait to go home.
So, last thing until next semester
Tip # 12: Find time to spend with friends and have a good time. Especially during the week before finals (and maybe even the week of), because, I repeat, you need to relax a little bit in between studying.
