Finals: Start thinking about them now!

Even though we may be barely through midterms, finals are going to sneak up on you before you know it. Start planning ahead now to do your best and make it through finals week sane.

1. Mark your calender. It's a good idea to have a calender with everything you have due anyways, but finals week is especially important. You need to know now if any of your finals are going to overlap, it can happen. And if you have two final papers due the same day, you're probably not going to be able to write both of them the night before. (Another good thing to note, is when you are going home. Chances of getting any work done once you are home are very low.)
   
2. Meet with your professor. For many classes professors provide review sessions and reviews for the test. But equally as often, they don't. If they don't you need to find out what information you're expected to know, and the best way to do that is meet one-on-one with your professor or send them an email. They'll appreciate you're forethought and help you do the best you can on your final.
3. Get the best environment possible. Do you have special needs as a student? Maybe you need more time or have a hard time reading the test. If you need accommodations, there are a couple places you can try. The Academic Support Center and the Disabilities Support Center. Both have friendly staff that are willing to help you any way you can, you're professors are also very accommodating.
4. Start studying now. Even if it's just marking up sections, or reviewing information from the beginning of the semester, starting now make it easier to do better later.

Those are some tips to making sure you do the best you can, the first semester of finals is always the toughest. If you can manage to get through these without too much trouble, you'll find that it'll get easier and easier every tear.