“This year, I’m going to look over stuff and see what I can remember. Other years, I didn’t really study at all. I’ll probably study an hour each night, especially for my hardest class, which will probably be world history. All I remember about finals last year was that it was long and painful. I’m going to go to New Orleans so that should be fun after finals,” Ramond Tate, junior, said.

“Mostly, I’m going to study by seeing which units I did worse on and which ones I did better on to review the concepts I didn’t do well on and improving so I am well-rounded in all the units on the final. It usually takes me around two weeks in advance to study for finals. I started studying during Thanksgiving Break. I’m most worried for the AP Lit final because we have a timed write and multiple choice and it’s based off AP curriculum, so it’s not as much as studying but just being prepared and understanding how to write effectively. Generally, my past finals went pretty well, as long as you’re able to keep healthy study habits and make sure you’re not procrastinating the week before finals,” Levi Duffey, senior, said.

“I plan on using the study guides my teachers give me and making my own study guides to review everything. Since these are my first high school finals, I’m nervous to take multiple tests in a day and will plan out my time in order to study. I’m going to read a lot and review notes for a few hours before my finals. Middle school finals are around 100 questions, which is about the same length as high school finals, and those help to prepare us,” Bruno Bergoudian, freshman, said.

“I usually complete the final review packets and I like to go over old tests if I have them. Last year for my biology final, I looked over my old biology tests and I think that worked because a lot of similar questions were on the final. I usually take a couple hours to study for each final. Since we have half days during finals, there’s more time to study. My hardest final will probably be chemistry because it’s just my worst class. The finals last year wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be because I was really nervous,” Emily Jewell, sophomore, said.

“This year, I’m in a lot more AP classes and a lot more difficult classes so my final study habits have changed a little bit. For most of my classes, I think I’m just going to go look at the previous tests again and focus my studying time on the concepts I didn’t really understand. Calculus and chemistry are probably my weakest subjects and I just want to do well on the final because I’ve been doing okay all semester so I don’t want to fail the final. Completing all of the work my teachers give me and trying to understand all of the practice problems, especially for math and science classes, has really helped me prepare for tests. For social studies classes, taking notes has been really important. I’m actually going to a cruise to Mexico over winter break and my birthday is on the last day of finals so I’m really excited,” Gautami Kankipati, senior, said.