FINALS WEEK SURVIVAL
Getting at least 7–8 hours of this each night is one of the most effective ways to improve memory and focus during finals.
What is sleep?
This mascot is professional and flies in the sky
This professional diagnoses illnesses and prescribes treatment to help patients recover.
What is a doctor?
This common post-grad stress comes from having to start paying monthly bills like rent, utilities, and student loans.
What are living expenses?
This common workplace document summarizes your skills, experience, and education when applying for a job.
WHAT IS A RESUME
Instead of cramming all at once, this study method involves spreading sessions out over time for better retention.
What is spaced repetition?
At Penn State, this large cat serves as the school’s mascot and shares its name with the Nittany Mountains.
What is the Nittany Lion?
This person designs buildings and ensures they are safe, functional, and aesthetically pleasing.
What is an architect?
The uncertainty and pressure of finding stable employment after graduation is often referred to as this kind of search.
What is a job search?
When a company reduces its workforce to cut costs, it’s known by this two-word term starting with “lay.”
WHAT IS A LAYOFF
This popular time-management technique breaks studying into 25-minute focused intervals followed by short breaks.
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
The University of Alabama’s mascot is this large gray animal, nicknamed “Big Al.”
What is an elephant?
This career involves analyzing evidence from crime scenes, often working closely with law enforcement to solve cases.
What is a forensic scientist?
This term describes the feeling of doubt or inadequacy many new graduates experience when starting a professional career.
What is impostor syndrome?
This term describes informal connections that can help you find job opportunities or advance your career.
What is networking?
This wellness practice, often involving breathing and awareness exercises, can help reduce stress and improve concentration during exams.
What is mindfulness? (accept: meditation)
This Stanford University mascot is not a color, but a tree—often humorously referred to as part of the “Stanford Band.”
What is the Stanford Tree?
This specialist studies financial markets and helps individuals or companies decide where to invest their money.
What is a financial analyst?
This financial burden, often accumulated during college, can be a major source of stress due to required repayment after graduation.
What is student loan debt?
What type of collar are you when you work in business jobs?
What is white collar?
This psychological effect explains why studying in the same environment where you’ll take a test can improve recall.
What is context-dependent memory?
At the University of California, Santa Cruz, this unusual mascot is a bright yellow sea creature known for its banana-like shape.
What is a banana slug?
This professional studies human behavior and mental processes, often conducting research or providing therapy—but is not a medical doctor.
What is a psychologist?
This psychological phase describes the period of transition after college marked by instability, identity exploration, and feeling “in between” life stages.
What is emerging adulthood?
This management term refers to an employee who appears busy and productive at work but is actually accomplishing very little.
Answer: What is presenteeism?