You had the Midterm to Spring Break Survival Guide
and now I present the Spring Break to Finals Survival Guide.All right, everybody. We've reached the downward slope of the semester. From here on out, it will be smooth sailing till finals. Hah! Just kidding.
No. From here on out, you and all your friends will do all they can to try and get your grades back on track. You didn't realize that all those classes you missed in the beginning of the semester would really affect you this much. Who would? So, it's time to get your act together and make good on that promise you made to your mom to raise your GPA...that is if it's not too late.
In order to make it to finals, and subsequently SUMMER, you've got to buckle down. Need some help? Look no further, UGA's Declassified Spring Break to Final Survival Guide is here.
Two months away...
1. Read and Write
Let's get back to the basics. You have to read things to understand them and you've got to write them down to remember them. You bought those texts books for a reason. Seriously. Stop looking at this article and open a darn book! Unfortunately, the principle of osmosis, which you should be learning about, doesn't apply to books and your head. So, open the book and read. Hey, maybe now your participation points will go up because you actually have an idea of what is going on in class. Who would've thunk?
2. Talk to your professor
OK, so this may not be the most tactful approach, but it's the most honest. Just tell them what happened and how lost you feel. Chances are they will appreciate the fact that someone actually came to their office hours. Even if their explanation doesn't clear everything up, extra brownie points won't hurt.
3. Let's Organize
You've read; you've talked to your professors; you've made those detailed notes. Now, all that's left is organizing it into a study guide. Channel your inner Leslie Knope and get to organizing!
4. Sleep
One month away...
5. Listen to that voice in your head
No! You're doing fine. It's going to be OK. You've still got four more weeks left. That's all of April! You'll be fine!
6. Review it
You are finally ready to study. You've done a lot to get ready for finals. Over the weeks you've completely transformed your study habits and now it's time to put them to work. I believe in you. You can do this. And, if you can't, just know you've failed your mother and yourself, so there really is no other choice but to succeed!
7. Spring parties... A.K.A. your worst enemy
Oh God no. Go back inside! Study! Don't even think about ruining all the work you've done. Stop!!!
8. Regret
I told you. OK, it's fine. Play it cool. Finals are still two weeks away. You certainly have time to salvage the progress you made. Go back and review everything. Start from the beginning.
One week away...
9. One word: coffee.
You'll need a lot of this. If you didn't get back on track after the spring party debacle, you've lost all hope. Coffee is the answer to that lost hope.
Day of...
10. Breathe, you did it!
