Students relieve stress during their midterms

By Helena Reed, Daily Titan

Every semester, college students are faced with midterms. For many, stressing out during the middle of the semester is nothing new.

Midterms bring stress to all students but being prepared, getting sleep and managing time will make it easier. JESSICA PINEDA / Daily Titan

Tina Nguyen, 19, a sophomore biology major, said deciding how she is going to manage her time is when she tends to feel her stress levels increase. She said with so many midterms on the same day, it is sometimes hard to decide what to study for first.

“When I get stressed I tend to not do anything,” Nguyen said. “I remember when I used to get really stressed I would get eczema. It’s when you get stressed out a lot—you just focus on one spot and then you just start scratching.”

Nguyen said she is most worried about her calculus and chemistry midterms this time around, but also shared a few techniques that she uses to help herself relax.

“Sometimes I go running, it keeps my mind off things,” Nguyen said. “Then I just have to sit down and do my work. I like drinking tea and I put on classical music when I study.”

As there are many different forms of studying, different techniques work for different individuals. According to Phoenix Forward magazine, “some students can study effectively with music playing, while others are distracted by any outside stimulus.”

Yet for some students who have already taken a few exams, like health science major Miroslava Purcell, 26, midterms this semester came a lot easier.

Read the full article by Helena Reed from Daily Titan.