Cramming for Exams
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WHY WE CRAM!
I NTRODUCTION
Have you ever felt yourself
waiting until the last minute
to study for a large exam?
Have you run out of
excuses to put off the
studying? Or did you just
simply forger to study and
now you are panicking at
night before? College
students have so much
going on in their lives that
sometimes it may be
difficult to organize your
time on what needs to be
done. These step-by-step
instructions will help
those students who have
the night before the exam
to study and they are
stressed to the point of
frustration and being
overwhelmed. You can
start right now by taking a
DEEEEP breath. We will get
through this together
COMMON
EXCUSES OR
REASONS TO
CRAM

1. I was tired and
wanted to take a
nap.
2. I had practice for
sports, theatre, or
any other
extracurricular
activity.
3. I am much
unorganized and I
do not know where
to start.
4. My friends are
always asking me
to hang out
instead
5. Spend too much
time playing video
games.
6. I just remembered I
have an exam
tomorrow.
Instructions to Cram for Exam
Instructions (cont.)
Step 1: Workout:
Stay in shape! Treat your body to a good
workout before you work-out your mind all
night
Step 2: Eat!!
After working out, go eat dinner. You cannot
spend the night studying without having
dinner.
Caution! Do not eat too much as this may
make you sleepy and less able to study
towards the end of the night.
Step 3: Shower
Come back to your dorm room and take a
shower!! Clean away all the negative
thoughts that you might have on studying,
and of course to have a clean body. This will
give you a fresh start for the rest of the night,
and will allow you to be more focused.
Step 4: Organization
Pack up your book bag with snacks, drinks,
and of course the studying material that will
be needed to study. You are going to want
to free yourself from all distractions the
distractions within your dorm room so you
should go to the library or a nearby study
room
Dorm Room Temptations Include:
1.
Watching television
2.
Playing video games
3.
Talking to friends or other people that
are walking through the hall
4.
Getting too comfy in your bed
leading to sleep.
Step 5: Arrival to Library/Study Room
Make sure that you are in a quiet
environment to study as this is pivotal to keep
your focus on your studies. To prevent
distractions, turn your phone off or put it on
airplane mode. We all tend to lose focus on
studying and tend to scroll through all the
social media sites, and before we know it,
thirty minutes has gone by.
Study Tactics: Everybody is
different but here are some
useful studying methods
Dorm Room Temptations
Include:
1. Watching television
2. Playing video games
3. Talking to friends or
other people that are
walking through the hall
4. Getting too comfy in
your bed leading to sleep.
Step 5: Arrival to
Library/Study Room
Make sure that you are in
a quiet environment to
study as this is pivotal to
keep your focus on your
studies. To prevent
distractions, turn your
phone off or put it on
airplane mode. We all
tend to lose focus on
studying and tend to scroll
through all the social
media sites, and before
we know it, thirty minutes
has gone by.
Reward Yourself!! Within
every hour of studying
reward yourself with 5
minutes of scrolling
through twitter feeds,
Instagram, Facebook, or
catching up on texts, as
this will help you clear your
mind and relax while
studying. Let’s face it; it
can be very difficult to
spend countless hours
focused on the same
subject of study.
1. Be sure to take
advantage of
making study guides
if one is not provided
for you.
2. Making notecards
3. Rereading
notes/important
material in textbook
4. Making images to
help you remember
certain information
5. Practice tests
Step 6: Get some sleep
Never pull an all-nighter.
You need to get a few hours
of sleep to relax your body.
Set your alarm so you have
time for breakfast, and a last
minute review session.
Step 7: The bigger picture
Studying at the last minute
can be very stressful, but
manageable. It is important
to prioritize school in front of
everything else. That is not
to say that everything else is
not important, but school
needs to come first and
following these instructions
will help you get ready to
study and best manage the
limited time you have
before the exam.
To: Professor Rybas
From: Brendon Borkey
Date: 2/18/15
Subject: Instructions
Dear Professor Rybas,
The audience for this instruction brochure is for the people who tend to wait until the last
minute to study for a big exam. This instruction brochure will help the common college student
who puts off their studying until the night before. College can be very overwhelming at times so
this organized template of a brochure will aid the stress. I chose this format because hundreds of
them can be printed off easily, and can be easily kept in a folder, binder, or taped to a dorm
wall of a college student. I felt like this is an appropriate topic to select, because I sometimes find
myself waiting until the last minute to open up the textbooks and start cramming as much
information into my mind at the last second.