Midterm Szn Reax Only

That post title? Taken directly from my university's meme page.

I have been having classes for about two months, which is somewhere around halfway through the semester. That means midterms! Everyone loves midterms!

Thor knows what's up

Let's be real, you like midterms about as much as you liked unit tests and half-yearly or term exams in school. They're basically the same thing, anyway.

Now given differences in college calendars (some American universities follow the semester system, others the quarter system), your choice of classes, and the preferences of your specific professors and instructors when it comes to tests, you will almost certainly have a unique midterm schedule.

I'm currently in my second round of midterms (because for some ridiculous reason, the classes I'm taking have decided that we need two midterms a semester). Here are the top three things I learned in my first round of midterms:

• Every instructor approaches midterms differently, in terms of format, content, and whether or not they'll give you a study guide. Learn the preferences of the instructors for every class you take. If they don't tell you upfront, ask them. In class, in office hours, whatever. Find out.

• Study groups can be helpful but it depends on the class subject and your own study style. Make friends in your classes, you can share notes and help each other through this.

• Midterm season in college is weirder than exam season in school because you still have classes and stuff during midterms. It's a little jarring. For example: I can write a calculus midterm in the morning and have psychology class in the afternoon, or submit math homework on one day and write a biology midterm the next.

Hopefully this will help us figure out this round of midterms, and all the others we'll have to write throughout college. Let me know if I missed any important insights.

Good luck!