{"id":47,"date":"2019-10-04T08:29:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T13:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/?p=47"},"modified":"2019-10-04T08:29:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T13:29:02","slug":"how-to-get-through-midterms-and-not-go-insane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/2019\/10\/how-to-get-through-midterms-and-not-go-insane\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get through midterms (and not go insane)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, it\u2019s been over a month since school started, and midterms round 1 is truly underway. Just this week, I have a speech to present and two midterms, along with a couple midterms last week. Although it is a lot, I have found some ways to help me stay focused and get through it:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Put Your Phone Away<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

This one is at the top because it is, in my opinion, the most important one. If you\u2019re like me, someone who gets easily distracted by literally anything going on within their phone, it\u2019s easiest to put your phone somewhere out of sight AND out of reach so you can\u2019t get to it. Sometimes, I like to go to the lounge in my dorm to finish my homework and leave my phone in my room, just so I\u2019m not tempted to constantly check and get distracted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Procrastinate Things<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

This is\u00a0<\/span>actually something<\/span>\u00a0that I\u2019m still trying to learn myself. Especially in college, you cannot leave big assignments to the last minute. Speaking from experience, it just causes unnecessary stress and a larger potential to do worse on the assignment. If it\u2019s a test, start studying days before, not just the night before. Start your essays before the night it\u2019s due. Practice your speeches before the day before you need to present them.\u00a0 Doing your smaller\u00a0<\/span>assignments<\/span>\u00a0a day or two early as well can decrease your stress levels exponentially.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Get Help if you Need It<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

There are so many resources here at Iowa that are here to help students. There\u2019s the Writing Center, for any kind of writing anyone needs help with, and there\u2019s even a specific Rhetoric center. There\u2019s Supplemental Instruction for a wide variety of classes, a Speaking Center for presentations and speeches, and a Math Lab for students in any math class. Professors and TA\u2019s have office hours. The point is, if you need help in essentially any class, you will be able to get it.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Set aside Designated Break Times<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

This is especially important when you have a ton of homework to do in one night. For me, it\u2019s usually that I tell myself that I\u2019m going to finish this assignment and then I can watch an episode of That 70s show or The Office and then I\u00a0<\/span>have to<\/span>\u00a0get back to doing the rest of my work. Doing everything in one go can be tiring and lead to careless work. Breaks are SO important during stressful weeks, but it\u2019s also essential that you don\u2019t let the breaks get out of hand.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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That’s all I have for you today.<\/p>\n

Remember to get enough sleep and drink lots of water!<\/p>\n

Chloe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, it\u2019s been over a month since school started, and midterms round 1 is truly underway. Just this week, I have a speech to present and two midterms, along with a couple midterms last week. Although it is a lot, I have found some ways to help me stay focused and get through it:\u00a0 \u00a0 … Continue reading How to get through midterms (and not go insane)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/chloe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}