By Olivia Merrick
Midterms and finals are typically framed as one week of madness in which all of your classes have an assignment (or maybe multiple) that are all due at the same time with incredibly high stakes attached to each of them. After being in college for two years now, I’ve come to realize that midterms and finals aren’t so much individual weeks as they are a combined season of high pressure. The speed of courses picks up, and it feels like you’ve got something major--be it a paper, an exam, or a presentation--in every single class for weeks on end. But there’s always a moment where the smoke clears around weeks 8-9. You get a chance to catch your breath, but trying to recover from the chaos of midterms and the impending pressure of finals week can easily end up feeling less like a break than one breath of fresh air before you dive back in. The question for me has always been how do I stay on top of my work, and also figure out how to get some time away from the pressures of school? Below, I’ve listed some of the steps I take to balance these two goals, that, at first, might appear to be contrasting aspirations. As you look through these suggestions, you’ll find that there are, indeed, commonalities between them; they both prioritize taking care of yourself.
These are just four things that you can do in order to help you recover from the stresses of midterms while also preparing for the stresses of finals week. There are plenty more, and you should prioritize doing what is best for you to conquer the chaos of weeks 5-10!
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By Olivia Merrick
Trying to find your writing style can often be the most difficult part of the writing process. Even if you’re comfortable with coming up with an argument, structuring a paragraph, and utilizing quote integration techniques, trying to figure out how you want to communicate those ideas is a completely different ballgame. Developing your writing style is a process that never stops evolving. Writing is the kind of craft that you can practice to ensure that you are able to communicate your ideas in a way that feels authentic to you. There are plenty of ways that you can actively work to develop your writing style, and below, I’ve listed a few:
By Olivia Merrick
One of the things that I think most college students can agree on is that there are times where school suddenly becomes much more difficult than it typically is. This could be for a variety of reasons—the weather in Seattle can leave many struggling with the effects of seasonal affective disorder, overwhelming weeks of class readings, midterms season, and of course, finals week—but stress is an undeniable reality of being a student. It can often be difficult to find motivation when the world around you feels so overwhelming, but as someone who has been through this recurring phase of college before, I’ve developed a few strategies to help me continue to work through it. Hopefully, you will find some of these helpful, whether they work for you or if they inspire you find a different approach.
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