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How to Rock Your Finals

No doubt this is a tough time of the semester, with final exams often counting for 50% or more of a course grade. Whether your finals are five days or two weeks away, don’t despair. It’s never too late to have that aha! moment on a tough concept or to cut through confusion you may have had earlier in the semester. Here are some steps you can take to make sure your fall term ends on a high note.

1)      Study with a friend. Over the past fifteen or so weeks you must have made at least one friend in the class. Hopefully he or she is smart! Trade notes, go over difficult concepts together, and answer each other’s questions. One of the best strategies to try with a friend is to create difficult test questions to stump each other. Then, answer the questions and review them together.

2)      Attend review sessions. The professor (if you’re lucky) or the TA is having these for a reason. Make sure you come prepared with specific questions to ask. The best way to take advantage of this resource is to start studying before the review session so that you can use it to clarify any misunderstandings. A review session is not the time for you to learn new material.

3)      Practice problems. The most effective studying comes from active practicing. Passive reading is necessary to take in the information for your course, but the best way to study is to practice as many answers as you can. By practicing old homework questions, quizzes, the midterm, and any practice exams the professor has posted, your brain will integrate the information you have read and create stronger connections in your memory. The best predictor of what your final will contain is previous quizzes and tests!

4)      Seek help. Nobody expects you to sit by yourself and suffer. If you’ve tried and tried but just can’t figure something out, reach out to someone who can make it happen. Whether you ask a professor holding office hours, an older friend studying this major, or even your mom’s friend, people are usually happy to help. And of course, our expert coaches at Newcastle Tutors are standing by to provide you with the best one-on-one college online tutoring around. Whether you need help with a final paper, engineering tutoring, math tutoring, organic chemistry tutoring, finance tutoring, – whatever – we are here for you.

Good luck with finals, and see you in the new year!

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Posted on: Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 10:43 am

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