Midterm Exams
For the past few weeks I have been having one exam per week. Exams are something that every student at the University of Illinois experiences (some classes focus more on midterm exams than others of course), so I’d like to explain how exams generally work at Illinois:
The Preparation
Most students keep a calendar of all their school dates and assignments, and begin preparing for a midterm exam at least one week prior to the actual exam. Exams are usually a significant percent of the final course grade, so students want to do as best as possible on them.
Professors usually release study guides, past exams, sample exams, topics, and other helpful materials for students to study. Obviously homeworks and notes are good sources of review also. There are many different methods of studying for exams, so I won’t go in to that, but generally these are good places to begin to review/learn/refresh the material.
The Day of the Exam
Exams for larger classes are held in the evenings, and exams of smaller classes are sometimes held in a normal class period. Most students get to the exam early to make sure they are on time for the beginning of the exam. Exams have a wide variety of formats, from totally free-form writing to answer questions, to solving problems, to filling in “Scantron” forms with answers (like how you take standardized tests).
After the exam is complete, it’s time to celebrate a job well-done … until it’s time to study for the next exam!
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