It is midterm season (dun dun dun). And with exams comes taking time to study, and there’s only one surefire way to get the grade you want.
1. Reading about the exam in your syllabus.
During syllabus week, you probably wrote in down in your planner or at least saw you had one on your syllabus. It’s so far away, so why worry about it now?
2. Hearing your professor mention the exam in class.
“Don’t forget we have an exam in one week!” Well it’s a little too late for that now, professor. Time to panic.
3. Looking over the study guide.
Your professor has uploaded a study guide to ICON for you to look over, so you do. Everything that is on it, you already know and have notes on. You stop panicking, and decide that you’ll look over your notes closer to the exam.
4. Not studying for the test.
If you know everything that’s on the study guide, why should you have to study? You have other homework to do, work shifts to go to and you obviously need to spend time with your friends, so why would you waste time studying something you already know?
5. Feeling confident as you walk into class and get ready for the exam.
You glanced at the study guide once or twice, and nothing seemed foreign to you, so you’re feeling pretty good as everyone around you is going over their notes before class starts.
6. Realizing that you probably should have studied more.
Your professor hands out the exams, you glance at the first question and you suddenly realize that you should have checked out more than just the study guide. You don’t even remember learning this—how could it be on the test?
7. Promising yourself that you’ll never do this again.
This will definitely be the last time you ever do this—after all, you can’t afford to bomb every midterm.
8. Repeat.
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