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Essential Strategies for Surviving Finals Week: Stress Management and Effective Studying

This guide offers crucial tips for managing stress during finals week, including selective cramming and scheduling for exams. Learn how to organize your study periods, incorporate breaks, and utilize study aids like flashcards and mind maps. We emphasize the importance of planning rewards, using the 25/75 rule for study time, and maintaining a balanced lifestyle through diet and sleep. Whether you’re preparing for sociology or medicine exams, these strategies will help you reach your academic goals while keeping anxiety at bay.

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Essential Strategies for Surviving Finals Week: Stress Management and Effective Studying

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  1. Surviving Finals Week Dealing with stress Selective cramming Scheduling for exams Rehearsing the information

  2. Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems that might accompany the end of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory. Medicine: You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze and a bottle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture your work until it has been inspected. You have 15 minutes Sample Exam Questions Anywhere University

  3. Dealing With Tension • Organize yourself • Take time to relax • Adopt a positive approach • Anxiety is contagious • Plan rewards

  4. Make A Game Plan • When is the exam? • How much material does the exam cover? • What is my grade now? What is my goal? • What types of errors did I make on past exams? • What strategies were successful? • What new strategies will I need to overcome past difficulties?

  5. Schedule Your Study Periods • Begin at least a week before finals week • Allow large blocks of time for studying • Allow short periods for review • Vary what you study and how you study • Schedule breaks and exercise • Stay with your routine

  6. Cram Selectively • Gather all materials -Divide and conquer • Make courageous choices • Choose the most important elements • Most recent material – lecture notes – textbook – themes that cut across all materials – areas where you’re weakest • Know what it is you don’t know – spend more of your time here.

  7. Use Review Cards & Other Study Aids • Flash cards- portable, easy to test and mix ideas • Mind maps – shows relationships • Summary Sheets – more detail – include most important and most difficult concepts • Essay Questions • Old Exams – greater challenge • Commercial Study Guides – saves time

  8. Use the 25/75 Rule • Spend 25% of your time organizing information • Spend 75% of your time testing, recalling, reciting, writing, etc. (Remember, it’s better to find out what you don’t know now than in the exam room.)

  9. The Night Before • Calmly review what you’ve learned • Focus on integrating and synthesizing • Continue self-testing by using small pieces of time • Avoid staying up all night • Avoid cramming new material • Don’t go to the movies

  10. Take Care of Yourself • Moderate stimulants • Use campus resources, as needed • Maintain regular eating and sleeping patterns

  11. Academic Success Center KRCH 4th Floor 765-525-9328 purdue.edu/asc Psychological Services 765-494-6995 Check out these resources

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