To prepare, you have a few options.
- Listen to R&B heartache songs at 3 AM and grieve with NeYo about the impending stress event. True, NeYo is probably singing about a girl -- but you can pretend he's "so sick of exams" instead of love songs.
- Go raid your nearest Metro and prepare the bunker. Your soups, your crackers, your nuts, your dried fruit and your coffee/tea. Also; make sure to get fresh fruit and veggie and store them in your bunker fridge - because otherwise you'll get scurvy. And scurvy sucks.
- Organize your stuff. I did this today, I feel proud of myself.
- Go to Robarts. Don't open a book or anything. Just sit there. Sit there for a while. Observe how many people look at you.
- Tell yourself that YOU ARE FIERCE.
- After studying very hard, head on down to the most fun place during exams .. Sidney Smith!
Wait what? You're probably saying, they put those fancy banners on Sid Smith and now he thinks the place is the salt of the Earth. Full disclosure: I spend a lot of my time at Sid Smith, so after a while, you do come to appreciate the brutalist architecture. Somewhat. But no! I'm talking about Exam Jam!
Exam Jam is an event held jointed by ASSU and the Faculty of Arts and Science, as well with Hart House, MoveU, UeaT, the Faculty of Kinesology and Phys. Ed, Health and Wellness and the Academic Success Centre. It's in its second year and is a day during exam period meant for distressing. We had it last semester and they are bringing it back for you on Monday April 8th.
Last time there were puppies, there was a BUTTON making machine (most fun of life I am telling you), there was free coffee and not just any coffee - SECOND CUP coffee. There were free snacks, yoga sessions, free massages, life sized Jenga, among other things. Exam Jam is a drop in event, so you can drop in when you feel tired of Robarts, or you can utilize the open study rooms located in Sidney Smith.
So, make sure to come on out to Exam Jam on April 8th to destress! The puppies will be waiting for you. 🙂
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