Insider Tip: Make a list of everything you need to do for each class to get ready for finals and spread the tasks across the days leading up to each exam to stay organized and reduce stress.
Challenge Yourself: It's mid-November--have you thought about what specific steps you need to tackle before finals?
I can already picture it—you're feeling a little burned out from a long semester, but the finals workload is looming, and it’s real. The good news? There's a way to simplify studying for final exams.
Here's a sample final exam study calendar for four classes:
Let's make this really easy.
Start with a list of tasks you need to finish:
- Wrap up reading, briefing, and outlining every class topic for each class.
- Finish creating your topic approaches for every class (some call these "pre-writes"—think of them as guides for how you'll write each class topic on the final. It doesnt matter if you create a grpah, flowchart, or write it on a napkin. What matters is that when you memorize it, you there is no question about how you'll write the topic on the final, complete with headings, sub-headings, umbrella rules, etc.).
- Write practice hypos/essays for every topic in each class.
- Complete practice MBE sets for every topic in each class.
Now that you’ve got your task list, let’s set up your finals schedule:
