Upperclassmen tread through finals week with more experience and better ways of battling stress than that of underclassmen. Their first few years of college have given them the experience needed to figure out what studying habits work best for them.
Generon Fredrickson, a senior at CSU, remembers learning how to level out his stress throughout the semester.
“During my junior year I was able to apply myself more throughout the entire semester, leaving me with less stress from during finals than in my previous years,” he says.
Throughout Fredrickson’s first two years of college, he learned what studying techniques worked for him. This helped him with his time management and overall understanding of class material.
“I also believe during the course of the first two years of school you really develop what works best for you in terms of studying and school work,” Fredrickson said. “So when you are an upperclassmen you know how to spend your time efficiently to learn the material.”
With more years of college behind them, upperclassmen have more experience with these types of stress and can offer advice.
Junior Breck Johnson describes his helpful techniques on how to survive the distress of finals week.
“Don’t procrastinate on stuff because the more that piles up, the more stress you’ll have,” he said.
Through the many struggles and accomplishments that students encounter over their college experience, students learn the ways to avoid and manage their stress that works best for them. These skills not only helps with the pain of finals, but will continue help in their everyday life after college.
