Takeaways from Taking Finals

The graduate business students all feel the stress of this week. I woke up at 6:30am after a vivid nightmare of missing my 8am accounting final. I should have known that dream wasn't real when it involved sledding across flat land in October.

But alas, what has taking finals taught us anyway?

• Is it the art of beating the curve?
• Or the art of making a cheat sheet full of words so small you can't read them anyway?
• Is there something else? Something more long-lasting?

I'm going through my first week of finals in Module 1 in Business School. We have 8-week mods, not 16-week semesters. 

Now that I am trying to memorize these concepts, I'm thinking about them more deeply than if I am simply reading them or hearing them being stated in a lecture. I think about how this knowledge could have been useful in past situations at work or in teams outside of work.

As much as I hope that I will do well this finals week, I hope that it isn't just for the sake of getting a certain grade. And I tell myself I enjoy this. The workload is intense, but the work is interesting and worthwhile.