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Before you know it, Camp Harvard will be a distant memory and exam time will be upon us. For the unseasoned student, this means going through your syllabi, figuring out which books you need to read, and releasing them from the plastic wrap that has been covering them since September. For the efficient (read: lazy and smart) student, it means that it’s time to email those people you kind of know from section and start a “study group.” Don’t expect to actually study together, however, for study groups...
Problem sets are pretty close in difficulty to exam questions, as long as you actually try to figure them out yourself and don't rely on your TFs or smart friends to work through them with you. Ha Yan Lee is a Diet Coke-addicted, candy-throwing, funny and frighteningly well-prepared TF whose review and problem set help sessions are always crowded...
...large classes, come exam or paper time, many students rely on study guides that float around over e-mail. Others form their own study groups and assign one another small clusters of readings to summarize, so many students will only have touched a few sections in their individually-owned, mint condition, comprehensive class notes...
...disadvantage of depending on the library reserves, though, is that come exam or paper crunch time, you may find every single reserve book already checked out, or you may simply not have time to make the trek to the library. You might also like to mark your books, which isn’t allowed with the reserve copies...
...Harvard midterms stretch interminably long. For months, you will have important exams, all of which will be labeled “midterms.” Combine exam-induced, soul-crushing stress with the seasonal deterioration of the weather and the stage is set for Seasonal Affective Disorder, which may occupy your soul and grind you into the earth. For the dedicated Harvard student, ambitious November is a challenge well...