Finals studying tips and recommendations?

–Compiled and photos by Venisha Colón and Mariajose Garza

“A way students can prepare for finals is to drink coffee and listen to music and just focus and [build] a study guide, so you can excel in your finals. That’s my advice.”

Adriana Esparza
*visual communication design sophomore*

“I usually listen to music when I study. … I guess a general recommendation for music for studying, if you’re not really a music person, is, I guess, more calmer, lo-fi music and stuff like that.”

Michaela Ruiz
*electrical engineering senior*

“My tips for studying for finals. Start right now. Today. Stop watching this. … Go study.”

Francisco Cuellar Jr
*mechanical engineering sophomore*

“Tips for me that usually help me study. You know, setting myself apart, getting a nice little room and just listening to music, calming down. I know that sometimes during finals, we all get stressed out. So, for me, … what really helps is calm yourself down, bring yourself down a peg, … and then realizing that, ‘Hey, you know what? I got this. [I’m] just going to give it a little bit of effort.’ So for me personally, I like to set myself up in a study room, play some music and just work on small task things I know, and then work my way up to things I don’t know. And from there, if I don’t know certain things out, [I] try to get some help from students that are in the same class or go to tutoring, which for me really helps.”

“So, finals [are] coming up. I would recommend teaming up with, like, your teammates or your classmates that you get along with well and study with well. Find a quiet place to study and try [to] knock off as many units as you can. Especially, don’t get distracted like me. And yeah, that’s pretty much it.”