The time of year is approaching where many students have one thing weighing on their minds. Finals week.
Freshman Amber Ramsey said she has a lot of worries when it comes to taking her finals.
“I’m a freshman and don’t really know what they are going to be like,” Ramsey said.
She said her main concerns deal with how much to study and how her grades will be affected if she does not do well on her finals.
Freshman Tyler Jewell said he has never had to take a college final before, he will have to prepare a lot in advance.
“I’m going to go over all the old tests and make them into a study guide,” Jewell said.
According to a study done by the CDC and Yale Institute, stress in college students rises by an average of 29% during the week of finals.
In addition, a study done for Behavioral Sleep Medicine found that an increasing number of students pull “all-nighters” in order to study for college finals. The study showed that students who regularly pulled all-nighters tended to have lower GPAs than those who didn’t.
Freshman Landon Helzer, on the other hand, says finals week will only intimidate him if he does not feel prepared. In order to accommodate this, he will hit the books harder than usual he said.
“I will just study more than I usually do,” he said.
He said he notices that a majority of people stress out more during finals week, especially when it is a class the student has to pass for their major.
Freshman Joshua Quaney said finals do not intimidate him.
“I have taken finals before for college credit,” Quaney said.
Quaney said although he is not too worried, he will not be slacking prior to finals week.
“I will study during all my free time,” Quaney said. “I will be stressing more because I am preparing to transfer as well.”
Gustavo Sanchez, Junior, said finals still stress him out even though he is used to taking them after two years.
“I believe they would not stress me out as much but it feels like I have to do everything at once,” he said. “That is why they stress me out.”
After learning the hard way, Sanchez has a word of advice for underclassmen who are preparing to take their first finals of their college career.
“Set priorities,” he said. “At least dedicate 3 to 6 hours a day to study for the finals.”
Ramsey said she expects herself to study a lot.
“I might study with my friends as a group,” he said.
Ramsey also said she notices that people stress more on finals week and it puts a damper on her friends’ attitude.
“Everyone seems like they are in a bad mood when big tests come,” he said. “I don’t like it at all.”