Dreading Finals 15B

           Finals are around the corner and I am used to flying by without studying.  In high school I was always told what exactly was going to be on the test and we would review over and over again. Since becoming a student at Southern, I quickly learned that is not the way it is in college.  So now that I actually have to study for finals, I realized that I needed to make a plan about two weeks ago when my professors started mentioning it in class.  To try and plan ahead, I had my math professor email me a final review paper so I could start studying for that right away.  I made a schedule for me to allow enough time for me to study yet make sure I have enough time to sleep and have down time to just do what I want to do.  Starting early allowed me time to spread things out and still be able to do things I want to be able to do.  I have been asked to participate in study groups where a group of people in our geography class all studies what is going to be on the final.  I have found that it is much harder for me to actually be as productive as possible when I am in the study group environment.  It can be extremely distracting and not really useful.  For example, a group of us got together for our geography final about a week ago, and everyone didn’t need to study the same thing and it made it hard to be able to really focus. I cannot wait for finals to be over and vacation to start!