With winter break approaching quickly, students begin to anticipate all the excitement of Christmas; no homework, sleeping in till the afternoon and much more. The only downside is that the obstacle of finals pushes its way into your life and drags you down the path of stress, studying and sleeplessness.
“To help me study for finals, I study for 30 minutes then take a 10 min break and just repeat the cycle so my brain gets breaks,” senior Mandy Heutel said.
Start by finding out what you need to get on the finals by adding together your first and second quarter grades then multiply the total by two. Depending on what grade you want to achieve, subtract 450 from the total for an A, 400 for B, 350 for C, 300 for D, 250 for F. Example: If I had an 85.09 percent for the first quarter and an 86.63 percent for the second quarter, then I would add them together to get a total for 171.72, then I would multiply the sum by two which would be 343.44. Let’s say I want a B, I would subtract that number from 400. I would need to get a 56% on my final to achieve a B in the class.