Tip-time: Mid-Term Success

This is something I'm sure many of you are already aware of, but just to help you out, here once again are my mid-term test tips.

Most of you are waking up to a Monday morning that is Week 5 of Winter Quarter here at Drexel. Yet that lovely time again for mid-terms! So here for your information are a few mid-term taking tips:

1) GET SOME SLEEP! That partying you might normally do during the week can wait for a moment til the weekend comes.

2) EAT WELL! There is nothing worse than trying to take a test while your stomach is playing kettle drum rhythms.

3) You might think that cramming the night before is good but actually you're going against your best interests. For strong test taking you want to begin a few days in advance of the test, work through your units/chapters in sections (about one week per day) similar to how they were taught during class. Cramming everything from four weeks into one night will cause so much stress to your body and brain that you will actually not retain or refresh information as well as you think you are.

4) Look over the whole test before you start taking it. I can tell you from personal experience there will be parts of tests you can realize will take you longer than other parts. It may be in your best interests then to maximize time by completing those sections first before continuing through completing the rest of the exam. After you've finished the test, look back over it again to make sure that all your answers correspond correctly to the related question.

5) And last but not least, RELAX! Yes, mid-terms are important but don't stress over it like it's the end of the world if you do a bit less that you expected. Positive outlook always allows the ability to rebound before the final. Keep your head up and you shall prevail.

BEST WISHES MY FRIENDS ... This "Train of Thought" is pulling out of the station, we'll arrive again next Monday with a new thought!

-MJ

A moment of pause - By: Matthew Jolles

As we go through our normal days of progress here at Drexel we at times may become blinded and shell ourselves from the progressions of society and the outside world. However, when major events occur it quickly opens our eyes, changes the thoughts in our minds and in our hearts as well.

Yesterday's events in Boston are no different. The tragedy that struck during the wrapping moments of the Boston Marathon shocked not just everyone in Boston, but all of us on campus and the society of the world.

President Obama called it a "gruesome act of terrorism" and vowed to work the fullest extent of the government's abilities in finding the responsible person or party and bringing them to justice.

All we must do now however as citizens of the United States and/or fellow citizens of the world is to provide our thoughts and love for the victims of this tragic event and love for the City of Boston as they recover.

#loveforboston

Our regularly related Train of Thought's will return next week.