Finals Week

Finals week is the make or break moment for most students in the classroom.  Personally, I really enjoy finals week because you don't have any classes that week because all you have to do is show up to the day of your final.  A lot of teachers even make their finals the last section you studied and it is not even comprehensive.  However, there are certain teachers who have finals that are very hard and require days in advance for studying.

Washburn Student Government Association always does incentives and fun activities during finals week to keep students stress-free and also to get them to come to the library.  My favorite day during finals week is the day that WSGA gives away free pizza and energy drinks at Mabee Library.  This makes me pumped about going to the library and keeps me awake for hours while trying to study for my finals.

Ivan Moya shows off the finals week board of events

Remember: Finals are what you make of them. Get plenty of sleep and study each day at a time and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Work, Work, and more Work

College students have a hard time balancing work and school.  I am taking 12 hours as well as having two jobs and sometimes I have a hard time making time for everything.  Luckily, my jobs are both on campus and I can coordinate my schedules with my bosses better.

I found and article on wikihow.com that gives seven steps for balancing work and school. Check it out! http://www.wikihow.com/Balance-School-and-Work-as-an-Adult

My dad always told me that being a full-time student is a job on its own.  If you have a job outside of school make sure you remember school is prioritized.  On campus jobs are the best because like I mentioned, Washburn works with your schedule and knows you are a student first.  Sometimes you might have a job that allows you to even do your school work at when there is down time!

Post Thanksgiving Break

Hello all!

Post Thanksgiving break is the time where students freak out about all the papers and projects they "said" they would get done, but in reality, ended up forgetting about school all together.  My solution to this problem was to get all of my assignments done before thanksgiving break and work on the bigger projects in sections.  I believe that it's better to take projects one step at a time instead of trying to get the whole thing done at once.  This way you won't have to stress about procrastinating, which I know we all do.

Something that I always do get myself in the mood to do homework is grab a cup of coffee and have my laptop with me playing my favorite song in the background.  This encourages me to get pumped up to do my homework.  I stay focused by thinking of creative rewards for myself.  Here are a few examples of things I have done:

 I ate a gummi bear each time I read a paragraph as an incentive

Starbucks keeps my mind awake while studying

Have a cute planner to make you want to look at your assignments

What motivates you to study? I'm always looking for fun things to keep me going!