The beginning of this semester has been eventful as far as the school is concerned, but in your classrooms nothing has changed at all. The clock is still ticking on this academic semester and it is time for midterms.

During midterms I see a lot of people passing them off as another test or just a normal project. You may hear a lot "I will just pick it up at the next half of the semester." Well, to those people, how about if that doesn't happen?

There are a lot of breaks after the midterm and people tend to get sluggish as school is winding down. So right now is the time to make the grade, so that you are not playing catch up when you come back. Something that is very important before midterms is to study, study, and study. Studying with people who are not studying and doing nothing but having conversations while they are on their laptop may be detrimental to your success.

Make sure that you are comfortable with the information that is going to be on the test. You should find out from your teacher if his or her tests are on all information that you have learned thus far, or the current section that you are learning now. That could make the difference in the amount of information you have to retain.

Midterms give students get a taste of the full college experience. They see the cramming, the all-night study sessions, the crashing, and the look of worry on student's faces. If you do what you are supposed to be doing, then you will not have to worry and you will be able to make the grade and coast to a successful academic semester.

Posted By: Andrew Milden, Junior