'Crunch time' study tips
Mackenzie Cummins
Issue date: 4/16/09 Section: Viewpoints
As the weather warms up, students are constantly reminded of how fast summer is approaching. Before they throw out their notebooks and pens, they must first face the dreaded week of finals.
Finals week for college students is always a time for high stress levels. Over the course of a week students have been known to consume more coffee than the rest of the semester, stay in the library for hours upon end, and spend little time resting.
While the week is just around the corner, students scramble their schedules to fit proper amounts of studying for each of their classes. Although time is crucial during finals, students may find it helpful to take a few minutes to ask for advice straight from their stress source: their professors.
Most Marietta College professors would agree that the classic tips for studying for any exams are always important. Making sure to get plenty of sleep and eating well to keep energy levels up may seem redundant, but still provides higher grade satisfaction. Students that get a normal amount of sleep while studying will have more energy to produce better study time during the day.
Communications Professor Meg Schreck says that "a great tip for studying is doing a little bit each day, cramming for an exam never works."
Some students may have found this out the hard way in the past, and Schreck would encourage them to "set a timeline for yourself so that you stay on track."
Although planning times to study in advance may seem tedious and unnecessary, it will ensure that students manage their time appropriately, and spread their focus equally over their classes.
Education professor Dr. Bill Bauer agrees with Schreck and supports students who "start early." Cramming information the night prior to an exam only allows students to memorize the material for a short time span. By starting early, students will actually retain the information and be able to use it in the future. Bauer says to "make time daily for finals studying, even if you have to put off fun activities until they are over."
Whether students take the advice or not, the week is inevitably around the corner, and as the study sessions begin, students can only hope the coffee machines continue working until they reach summer.
Finals week for college students is always a time for high stress levels. Over the course of a week students have been known to consume more coffee than the rest of the semester, stay in the library for hours upon end, and spend little time resting.
While the week is just around the corner, students scramble their schedules to fit proper amounts of studying for each of their classes. Although time is crucial during finals, students may find it helpful to take a few minutes to ask for advice straight from their stress source: their professors.
Most Marietta College professors would agree that the classic tips for studying for any exams are always important. Making sure to get plenty of sleep and eating well to keep energy levels up may seem redundant, but still provides higher grade satisfaction. Students that get a normal amount of sleep while studying will have more energy to produce better study time during the day.
Communications Professor Meg Schreck says that "a great tip for studying is doing a little bit each day, cramming for an exam never works."
Some students may have found this out the hard way in the past, and Schreck would encourage them to "set a timeline for yourself so that you stay on track."
Although planning times to study in advance may seem tedious and unnecessary, it will ensure that students manage their time appropriately, and spread their focus equally over their classes.
Education professor Dr. Bill Bauer agrees with Schreck and supports students who "start early." Cramming information the night prior to an exam only allows students to memorize the material for a short time span. By starting early, students will actually retain the information and be able to use it in the future. Bauer says to "make time daily for finals studying, even if you have to put off fun activities until they are over."
Whether students take the advice or not, the week is inevitably around the corner, and as the study sessions begin, students can only hope the coffee machines continue working until they reach summer.
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