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[Elle]

plenty of sleep, water, food and rest. at the end of the day, if you fail, you fail, and its not the end of the world. know your stuff and you'll be fine.

[thoragon]

plenty of sleep, water, food and rest. at the end of the day, if you fail, you fail, and its not the end of the world. know your stuff and you'll be fine.

i wish i could accept failure like that, being who i am i cant accept failing LOL even a lower mark than what i'm aiming for is devastating and im sure its not just me but i dont handle it nearly as well as other people (working on it though!) i guess thats a big part of the stress build up.

[Elle]

i wish i could accept failure like that, being who i am i cant accept failing LOL even a lower mark than what i'm aiming for is devastating and im sure its not just me but i dont handle it nearly as well as other people (working on it though!) i guess thats a big part of the stress build up.

i used to be like that as well. going into exams and things, i actually had anxiety attacks a few years back. sad huh?
youve just gotta realise that its seriously not the end of the world, if your determined in life you'll get wherever you need to go.
you can only do that best that you can do, so dont stress.

[1337hunt3r]

Fuck
I
Never
Actually
Learned (this)
Shit

[RWS]

It may be too late for this, but start studying early. I found that studying for a subject a bit every day for 1-2 weeks before hand really helped me learn the material way more deeply/better than just cramming 1-2 nights before the final.

[frostz]

just gota review over and over until you memorize all the material

[vurty]

I just finished all of my finals friday, so relieved. Anyways. just relax, study only the most important material. Rest once you feel good about everything, and eat in the morning before.

[thorgal]

go run a mile or two , sports always give me a relief.

[frostz]

go run a mile or two , sports always give me a relief.

for me physical activities tend to make me forget everything that i memorized..

[sylphique]

Negative incentives work for me. Gotta pee while reviewing a chapter? Too bad. Suck it up and finish the chapter or no piss break for you.

[crtitcmeerca]

Play Whack-A-Kass. HAha.

[frostz]

Negative incentives work for me. Gotta pee while reviewing a chapter? Too bad. Suck it up and finish the chapter or no piss break for you.

but what if yo have to go really really badly ad can't concentrate otherwise.. i mean i understand if you are postponing video games or something but bathroom ?, i do all my studying in the bathroom lol.....

[mjcm]

study hard a week before the final exam, on the day before it, relax, take plenty of rest

[sylphique]

but what if yo have to go really really badly ad can't concentrate otherwise.. i mean i understand if you are postponing video games or something but bathroom ?, i do all my studying in the bathroom lol.....

Idk about you, but I don't get sudden waves of INEEDTOPEE. It builds up gradually so I usually have time to power through my current task.

[giraffe]

Idk about you, but I don't get sudden waves of INEEDTOPEE. It builds up gradually so I usually have time to power through my current task.

Oh man I totally do. Sometimes I don't feel like I can wait five minutes, let alone an hour or whatever. It gets really obnoxious when I'm drinking and have to go like every 10 mins for two hours or something.

[crackedsnow]

Man.. I'm the type of person that totally can't focus on anything..when I need the washroom urgently. It just annoys me so badly!

Anw.. all the best for final exams! Plenty of fruits and veggies.. Sleep 7 to 8 hours a night. Helps you to keep alert. Before the exam, take some deep breaths to help you focus and relax, and just try your best ! it'll be okay .

[crtitcmeerca]

Negative incentives work for me. Gotta pee while reviewing a chapter? Too bad. Suck it up and finish the chapter or no piss break for you.

Wow, isn't that a little harsh? I mean what if you really have to pee? or you have a stomach ache??

[frostz]

Wow, isn't that a little harsh? I mean what if you really have to pee? or you have a stomach ache??

This is why i study in the bathroom, so that i won't be distracted by my computer, fall asleep if i study in bed, nor would i have to disturb my studies by getting up if i had to use the toilet. I study in the bathtub.

[sylphique]

Oh man I totally do. Sometimes I don't feel like I can wait five minutes, let alone an hour or whatever. It gets really obnoxious when I'm drinking and have to go like every 10 mins for two hours or something.

I find that suppressing my urge to pee leads to these plateaus of bladder insensitivity and I won't feel very uncomfortable until I stand up and notice how grotesquely swollen my lower abdomen is.

This is why i study in the bathroom, so that i won't be distracted by my computer, fall asleep if i study in bed, nor would i have to disturb my studies by getting up if i had to use the toilet. I study in the bathtub.

Hahah, I thought you meant you studied on the toilet. Was going to ask whether you were having problems with hemorrhages or something.


...I love derailing threads with talk of bodily functions. But I guess generally speaking, eating healthy and getting plenty of sleep is better than whatever unhealthy habits I'm espousing. I just find that positive incentives are never strong enough and much easier to cheat around.

[frostz]

I find that suppressing my urge to pee leads to these plateaus of bladder insensitivity and I won't feel very uncomfortable until I stand up and notice how grotesquely swollen my lower abdomen is.



Hahah, I thought you meant you studied on the toilet. Was going to ask whether you were having problems with hemorrhages or something.


...I love derailing threads with talk of bodily functions. But I guess generally speaking, eating healthy and getting plenty of sleep is better than whatever unhealthy habits I'm espousing. I just find that positive incentives are never strong enough and much easier to cheat around.

Yea lol, no i don't think i could sit on the toilet for 4-5 hours memorizing for a final exam ;\. If i tried doing that it would probably cause some problems..like what you stated above

[ShadowLink64]

Have you ever tried not giving a fuck?

As surprising as this sounds, sometimes it works.

I mean, make sure that you actually prepare a fair bit beforehand, but realize that you write many many tests over your high school/university career, and this is just one of them. There's no need to stress too much about a single exam because it may actually sabotage you instead of help you. In first year I found this to be kind of hard, but in fourth year, exams became routine and I just treated it like anything else.

Of course, this is all assuming that you have been keeping on top of the material.

[sylphique]

As surprising as this sounds, sometimes it works.

I mean, make sure that you actually prepare a fair bit beforehand, but realize that you write many many tests over your high school/university career, and this is just one of them. There's no need to stress too much about a single exam because it may actually sabotage you instead of help you. In first year I found this to be kind of hard, but in fourth year, exams became routine and I just treated it like anything else.

Of course, this is all assuming that you have been keeping on top of the material.

My experience with this is kinda related. I used to have crippling academic anxiety, stemming from deep feelings of inadequacy and mild depression; I'd cry about anything below an A, I'd have small breakdowns any time somebody scored higher on tests, and I'd base my self worth on my report card. I was a complete nutjob. This worked OK through high school and I graduated at the top of my class, but it became increasingly harder to maintain as I went through university and even worse after I switched to computer science from an easy humanities major. My self-induced stress started to negatively impact my grades, and I've only started accepting that GPAs are just there to get your foot in the door. People care about what you know, not how well you scored on a test. I'm not advocating academic mediocrity, but cutting myself loose has definitely helped me enjoy my classes more and better concentrate on the material. I don't care as much and my GPA is as high as ever.

On the downside, I've found myself going on gaming binges during finals week. I might be going a little too far.

[frostz]

My experience with this is kinda related. I used to have crippling academic anxiety, stemming from deep feelings of inadequacy and mild depression; I'd cry about anything below an A, I'd have small breakdowns any time somebody scored higher on tests, and I'd base my self worth on my report card. I was a complete nutjob. This worked OK through high school and I graduated at the top of my class, but it became increasingly harder to maintain as I went through university and even worse after I switched to computer science from an easy humanities major. My self-induced stress started to negatively impact my grades, and I've only started accepting that GPAs are just there to get your foot in the door. People care about what you know, not how well you scored on a test. I'm not advocating academic mediocrity, but cutting myself loose has definitely helped me enjoy my classes more and better concentrate on the material. I don't care as much and my GPA is as high as ever.

On the downside, I've found myself going on gaming binges during finals week. I might be going a little too far.

on the other hand, from that perspective you should in fact score relatively well on the exam, since if knowledge is your primary concern, then you should be able to answer the questions. Yes people do care about what you know, but you would have to study enough till you have garnered enough knowledge for others to respect what you have to say.

The gpa is there to get your foot in the door, but it also serves as a way for you to measure whether or not you have actually learned the material

I mean its good to not stress out before the exam, but making an excuse and putting off the learning isn't going to help you in the long run either.

[sylphique]

on the other hand, from that perspective you should in fact score relatively well on the exam, since if knowledge is your primary concern, then you should be able to answer the questions. Yes people do care about what you know, but you would have to study enough till you have garnered enough knowledge for others to respect what you have to say.

The gpa is there to get your foot in the door, but it also serves as a way for you to measure whether or not you have actually learned the material

I mean its good to not stress out before the exam, but making an excuse and putting off the learning isn't going to help you in the long run either.

It looks like you skimmed my post, picked out one thing, and expanded it to some larger point I wasn't even trying to make. I'm not excusing low GPAs and I never advocated procrastination, I'm just saying an attitude/motive shift is healthy and productive.

[frostz]

It looks like you skimmed my post, picked out one thing, and expanded it to some larger point I wasn't even trying to make. I'm not excusing low GPAs and I never advocated procrastination, I'm just saying an attitude/motive shift is healthy and productive.

I am sorry if you took that as a personal attack because i used the word "you"
Rather i was trying to point out that there are some who would take your advice in a way that you did not mean. By which i am saying that some may believe that a low gpa is fine so long as they "learn" the material by the end of the year which usually results as you say in procrastination, making it so that the original intent is never carried out.

Yes not being concerned with GPA to create a stress free environment is good, but i point out the correlation between GPA and learning itself.