Final Exam Tips from the Circulation Staff

It’s during this time of the year that law students around the country are stressing out over finals, and for first year students it is the toughest. In your first year you have no clue what to expect or how to gauge how well you’ve done on an exam. At the library circulation desk we see all the stress and pressure that everyone is going through and here are some tips on handling it all:

1. Make sure to sleep! All the studying you do isn’t worth anything if your brain hasn’t had the time to sleep and digest it.
2. Eat healthy! During finals we all forget about nutrition and the value of getting daily vitamins (to prevent getting sick!)
3. Take a break! Exercise or take a walk. The breaks you take and breathe some fresh air or just study outdoors. You get to avoid clogging your body with all the germs in the air conditioned study spaces and it helps you digest all that knowledge.
4. When you don’t get something, just move on! Sitting and starring at a rule or concept that is just not clicking won’t help you get in everything you need to know for that final, keep going onto something new and then look at it again.
5. If the stressed out energy at the law school gets to you, leave. Constantly stressing out won’t help you learn what you need. If you find the energy at the law school too much just go to a local public library or coffee shop to actually study and stop stressing.
6. And lastly, don’t talk about the exam after the exam. Talking to everyone and wondering how you did will only stress you out more. Just let it be over and take a look at how you actually did after grades are out.

These are just a few tips to keep you going strong to conquer those finals! Good luck it’s almost half way over!