Crushing Finals with Confidence

Finals season is here! Unfortunately, many students dread the end of the semester, but there is nothing to fear! Malcolm X once said,, "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." A student with a strategy is more likely to achieve academic success. So let's strategize on how to prepare for crushing finals season with confidence!

As a student, it is important to work both hard and smart. As finals are approaching, evaluate your grades in each class. Which classes are you struggling with? Which classes do you need to devote more time to in order to improve your grade? Prioritize these classes. 

Make A Study Schedule 

Study schedules are essential when it comes to the confidence that you need to crush finals. Have your study schedule include a to-do list of all the content you need to study and how long you need to study them. Study schedules help ensure that you are setting time aside to study and avoiding procrastination, which is essential when it comes to doing well on exams.

Rewrite Your Notes 

Rewriting notes is also a great way to better familiarize yourself with the content because it helps you make connections between the different pieces of information. Studies have shown that writing your notes can also help with retention of the information. Additionally, sometimes when we are rushing to get things down during class, our notes do not always appear the most organized. However, by rewriting your notes you can make them more organized and easier to study. 

After studying it's important for you to check in with yourself and make sure you actually understand the topic that you are studying. Testing yourself on the content area helps you to improve your learning and memory of the material. Additionally, when you test yourself, you can better identify your areas of knowledge that are lacking and work on studying those areas more effectively. 

Teaching someone is another effective way to prepare for finals. There is a psychological concept called the protege effect that states that teaching information to others helps you to learn the information yourself. Teaching someone increases your metacognitive processing awareness of the learning process, your use of effective learning strategies, and your motivation to learn.  

Take some time to implement some of these strategies as you prepare for finals. You're going to crush it!

Last, but definitely not the least, is the variety of academic resources UMBC offers for its students.

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