The Beaucoup section writes about how they plan to prepare for finals. Below are their thoughts.
Landon Fruge
Allons Writer
As an art student, most of my finals don’t typically involve any studying, outside of art history, which I tend to study for the day before or day of using Quizlet. Instead, most of my finals revolve around working on final projects, which we typically start on a couple of weeks before the projects are due.
In order to prepare for my final projects though, I tend to use the time I have to work on it to ask any necessary questions and get any necessary feedback I need from my teachers. This helps me to make sure that I am doing everything correctly and that I can get the best possible grade I can get for my project.
Even with all the help though, it still can be very draining to focus on so much at once so I find taking a break every now and then, very helpful.
Especially considering how tasking, both physically and mentally, these projects tend to be.
Ja’lyn Braud
Allons Assistant Editor
Fortunately, as a freshman, I have been blessed to only have one final so far in each semester. So to prepare for this semester’s final, I am honestly not stressing. Considering it is a geology test and non-cumulative, I feel that my normal study habits will suffice for the test.
However, I am a design major, meaning my final projects are due a week before typical test finals, and this project, for sure, will have me pulling my hair out.
In regard to preparing, I will honestly be taking better precautions with time management to make sure I can accomplish the project in the allotted time.
Even though I have said this for every project I’ve been given, I will still probably end up in Fletcher Hall until 4:00 a.m., like usual.
So all in all, coffee and prayers will be my strength to get through the week.
Kayla Woods-Crane
News Writer
For finals, I am preparing by trying to start all my assignments early. A lot of my final assignments are papers or projects, so I have been given a lot of time to think about them. I try not to procrastinate too much on assignments I’ve been given ahead of time.
For finals, I also like to go to the library to do my work. If I do any work in my room I am destined to either fall asleep in my bed because I was doing my work there or get out of my uncomfortable desk chair into my bed, and fall asleep in my bed.
Lately, I have been busy doing school work, so now is really crunch time so I can enjoy my spring break. To manage the stress all of my final projects have given me, I just go to sleep. Sleep is the best medicine I have ever had for my stress, so a nice nap always does the trick.
Vallen Power
Layout Designer
While I don’t really have too many this semester, I’ve been doing a lot of studying for the few finals I have. I’ve spent hours in the library this past week alone rewriting my in-class notes in order to help remember them better and going over the material my teachers have provided for the final. It’s been, needless to say, very stressful.
For a final project I have in a music based class, I’ve been listening to a lot of songs similar in vibe to the two minute piece I need to compose. It’s definitely my favorite project to work on right now and I’m pretty happy with it so far.
Otherwise, when I haven’t been relentlessly studying or working on a project for finals, I’ve been trying to spend an hour or so playing video games, knitting, drawing or listening to music to help relieve some of the stress that’s been weighing down on me.
Hanging out with friends also helps a lot, and it’s nice to trade study tactics with them over finals.