By Sandra Merino
Reporter
The spring semester is coming to its end and many students are worried and beyond stressed about finals. Some students have one, wh others have several.
Passing finals is extremely important for most courses. If you don’t pass the final, you fail the class.
Students who are graduating especially depend on passing all of their finals, so they can cross stage and graduate from CSU Bakersfield.
Alba Echeverria, A CAFS major said, “I’m a little stressed out on my Criminal Justice class, because the information is a lot, and I’m not used to taking that kind of course. I am stressed out about finals just because I’m graduating in May, so I want to pass all my classes.”
Graduates have a lot of pressure to succeed in all their classes to graduate. Moreover, if students don’t pass their finals and end up failing the class, they will have to retake the class and pay for it again. Many students can’t afford to fail.
JasminePantoja, a Communication with an Emphasis in Public Relations, said “There’s maybe one class that I’m stressing about right now final wise, it’s my theme class its Cosmology. When I signed up for it I had no clue that it was an honors class. I mean the material is interesting. My major is Communications, so this is all new to me and that’s because it’s out of my element. That’s mainly like the one class I am freaking out about. I know a lot of my sorority sisters to like you know we’ re all under the same stress.”
Some students know how to manage their time wisely and have no worries about upcoming finals.
However, there are some that don’t have that much time to study for finals due to juggling work, family, and school at the same time.
It’s sometimes difficult to find time to study because some students work full time and they don’t have time to attend study groups with their friend and classmates.
Summer is so close that we can taste it, but it’s important to stay focused and pass all your finals and classes.
School is difficult, but if you take it day-by-day and manage your time wisely, you can do great. It’s important to ask for help because at the end of the day it’s your grade. There are many resources available to help students study: tutors, WRC, classmates, and professors.
Make sure you hit those books so you can hit the beach this summer.
