The counseling center and Ty Abernathy of the Athletic Academic Office have a few suggestions that might help to ease the pain. Although progressive studying throughout the semester is the best cure for the inevitable stress that builds at the end of every semester, there are a few study tips that may help the last minute cramming be somewhat successful. Make sure that you make time during the day for that special someone in your life as well as for friends, but make sure you also set a definite time and place to study. He also said doing that makes it easier to find time in the middle of the day to put in a little extra study time.
Some students find making time to study difficult due to a time-demanding lifestyle.
The book Student Success by Tim Walter and Al Siebert suggests several ways to make time in even the busiest of schedules. Talking on the phone, daydreaming, watching television, sleeping, drop-in visitors, reading and worrying are unnecessary time consumers during test time. In order to budget your study time in with everything else that is important, Student Success suggests students make a personal schedule which includes time for personal responsibilities, time for leisure activities and necessary time to study for each exam including the dates and times of examinations. Students will probably find last-minute studying easier if they have a general idea of what the professor will be looking for. Abernathy also said that although asking a teacher to submit a guide may not work, the teacher will probably be more inclined to tell you specifically what to expect.