I've probably taken around 50 final exams over the years, so you'd think by now a career student like myself would have a solid method to study for one. But you'd be wrong. Every time is a masochistic adventure, a battle of attrition against your own ability to concentrate and ingest caffeine. For most people there's no finite amount of studying that will guarantee a decent grade; going over every page, every example, and every hour of lecture notes is not practical. The result is a balance between competitiveness and sanity. Unfortunately engineering students are famously competitive.
Its even worse in grad school. The exam I'm facing tomorrow is worth more than 80% of my final grade. Does that mean I should spend 4x the time studying for this beast as I spend on everything else? The only comfort I have is knowing that if I've gotten this far, tomorrow should be no problem.
Update: 26/50...good enough for an A- hah.
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