If you’re entering finals week, you’re probably more than a little stressed. Even if you’ve taken exams plenty of times, it’s still a nerve-wracking period as you want to excel and conquer your finals. To help you make sure you ace your exams, we’ve put together a list of effective tips to manage your study time during finals. These tips will not only make sure you get the most out of your studying, but it’ll also help with your focus, and give you the confidence to vanquish your exams from start to finish. Let’s dive right in, shall we?  Here’s our list tips to manage your study time! Know how to prioritize  While it might be tempting to start studying for your favorite subjects first, it wouldn’t be an efficient way to utilize your time. The last thing you want is to be spending more time on the subjects that you like, instead of the ones that need it the most. To excel in your exams, you should be allocating time to subjects that you’re not as adept at. If you’re better at chemistry than you are at math, for example, you’d want to give a bit more time to it first. Knowing how to prioritize your subjects is key – you don’t want to take away time from the subjects that need it most.  Avoid cramming   We’ve all been there before, it’s the day before the exam and you’re panicking because you’ve left studying at the very last minute. As you freak out, you try and shove the entire semester’s content into your brain in a span of 12-hours. Unsurprisingly, cramming is incredibly toxic, and you’re most likely going to forget all the information because you didn’t have the time to properly digest it. Instead, start studying early. Take some time to organize your notes from class, and have an idea of what you understand and what you need to clarify. By taking time to digest the information, it’ll make studying for your exams a whole lot easier. Have an action plan in place  If you don’t have a proper plan in place, you’re probably going to get distracted and end up spending countless hours scrolling through social media or watching YouTube videos. Instead, try to have a detailed action plan in place so have a better idea of what you’d like to achieve during the day.  Your action plan should consist of more than just studying for a certain subject. Instead, you should have a more detailed breakdown similar to the below:  8 am – 10 am: Read through chapters one to three of Marketing Essentials  10 am-10:15 am: Breakfast break  10:15 am – 11 am: Work on case studies in chapter two Your action plan should also be achievable, you shouldn’t be trying to read an entire textbook in an hour. With this detailed plan in place, you’ll also feel accomplished after you’ve completed everything you’ve set out to do for the day. Completing everything on your list also means that you’re free to relax and enjoy the rest of the day without feeling guilty. Do your practice tests  Practice tests are there for a reason. Teachers have provided you with them to provide you with insight and tips as to how the actual exam is going to be like. Practicing these tests will get you ready for the types of questions that are going to be on the actual exam.  You’ll also feel more confident as you’ll have a better idea of the test structure which will also help in reducing any test anxiety that you may have.  Get rid of all distractions  Let’s face it, in this technological age, distractions are aplenty. While you’re studying for your exam, you could also be checking your email, taking a look at social media, and playing on your phone. The truth is, multitasking doesn’t exactly help us in absorbing information.  If you plan on heading to the library to study, leave your phone on silent mode and maybe even install an application such as Offtime or Moment to help block these social media apps for some time. Use the time that you have to focus on studying and remembering the material. You’ll absorb information so much better, and be way more efficient with your time.  Remember to take breaks   We’re not talking about 30-minute breaks after studying for 5 minutes, we’re talking about a 5-minute break every hour. These breaks will give you a quick breather, and help you in retaining information in the long-run. Take a short walk around the area, do a quick stretch, or grab a snack.  Use some study apps  If you’re planning on using study apps, make sure that you’re not going to be distracted by social media or any other apps that you’ve got downloaded on your phone. There are, however, plenty of study apps that can be useful, and help you in optimizing your studying. While some of them are free, you may have to pay a small price for others.  Some applications can help you in creating mind maps and flashcards, others can help you with planning your study time and let you know where you can maximize your efficiency.  Motivate yourself  After countless days and hours of studying, it can be mentally draining and hard for you to remain in a mood to study. To keep going, you’ll need to motivate yourself and include some breaks that you can view as rewards.  These rewards don’t have to be anything overly fancy, it can even be something as simple as reviewing two chapters of a certain subject before heading to the store and grabbing a quick ice cream.   While you shouldn’t be rewarding yourself every 5 minutes, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with an occasional reward or two to keep your brain feeling fresh, and to snap you out of that studying haze.  It’s all about nutrition  The last thing you’d want is to fall ill during the exam period. To