Study Room Wars!

Study Room Wars!

Well not really, but study room space at this time of year–Final Exams begin next week–is at a premium.  At Stern you reserve rooms in two hour blocks.  These days, when your two hours are up, you’re almost guaranteed to get a knock on the door asking you to wrap up.   It makes sense: the study rooms are the best place to study on campus–so everyone wants a turn.

Studying in general at Stern is probably not much different than you may expect from undergrad or other programs.  Unlike law school where there is just one huge exam at the end of a course, typically courses here will have two or three “mini” exams throughout the semester.  It does make the material a bit more digestible, but between exams and other “deliverables” like case papers, there always seems to be something due.  Of my five “core” courses I’m currently enrolled in, four of them have actual final exams, and one has just a final (five page) paper.

The paper is written, so the only thing left to do is buckle down and get this Accounting memorized.  Good thing there is a Starbucks right across the way.