Finals Time Overload! - My brain needs help processing information

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So, I am at the exam portion of my semester and my four exams are spread out over the next two weeks. I am not terrible concerned, but I do need to study. The problem is that I cannot seem to put any more information into my head. It feels full.

There isn't a lack of motivation, and the I understand everything pretty well. And, surprisingly, I am not terribly stressed about things.

My brain just seems full. Any ideas on things that might help me process and deal with this stuff so I can then cram more information into the old noodle?

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 1 December 2005 14:55 (eighteen years ago) link

If you think you understand it pretty well, do some practice tests or write out an essay on your understanding of the subject. It'll help you put everything you know into logical order, which will help clear your mind a little. All that shit is buzzing around up there. Rearrange it neatly, and you'll have more room. Also, you'll see areas where you might need to learn a little more.

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Thursday, 1 December 2005 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Sit on the toilet for a long time.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 1 December 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Write down keywords, headings etc about each topic that will unlock information from your head at a later date. Then you can 'stop' remembering it in the meantime and fill up the space with other stuff.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 1 December 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...

How some people react to the pressure (finals week for us starts Monday) -- this is from a report from a student worker of mine this weekend:

Three males [were] running through the gateway study center in speedos, causing a large disturbance throughout the entire study center. They strutted around loudly asking where the bathroom was. Then ran back out yelling loudly, causing another uproar in noise.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 March 2006 15:54 (eighteen years ago) link

amateurs

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 19 March 2006 16:02 (eighteen years ago) link

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