When students get back from Thanksgiving break, most feel the same dreadful reality set it: Midterm exams are only a few weeks away. The bittersweet days, which fall this year on December 14, 15 and 16, represent the last hurdle students have to jump to reach winter break. The feared days feature three exams on the first day and two on both the second and third. This many tests in such a short period of time requires some strategy from students. Freshman, take notes; “The Pioneer Press” asked the 10th, 11th, and 12th grade veterans of these tests, “How do you prepare for exam week?” 

Carson Murphy ’17- “Look at all of the papers I’ve gotten during the first semester”

Matthew Snyder ’17–  “Look at all of my notes”

Ethan Cox ’18– “Just look through my notes”

Brandon Dembek ’18– “Read over my notes“

Austin Fooce ’17– “I don’t study.”

Aziza Ayoub ’17– “I know it’s bad but I don’t study.”

Alexa Hastings ’17– “An hour the night before for each exam”

Shane Lisinski ’17– “I don’t study for them, that makes me second guess my answers on the exam.”

Zane Johnson ’17– “Exams don’t count towards your grade”

Jake Pollom ’16– “Look over notes from the semester”

Caleb Gingerich ’16– “I google stuff”