The snow is melting, the temperatures are slowly rising and birds are starting to sing. Winter is coming to an end. For Sinclair Community College students, that can only mean one thing: Finals. Luckily Sinclair has opportunities for students to get that extra study boost in before the end of the quarter.
The Library
Sinclair students have access to free study-friendly resources both online and on campus. Sinclair’s Library is home to many study resources, including private study rooms. Reference Librarian Marlene Bundy said people usually use the rooms for group projects or study sessions with friends.
“They were designed for groups, but we do let individuals use them,” Bundy said.
The Library keeps a waiting list for the rooms, but that doesn’t seem to discourage students from using them, according to Bundy.
“The small rooms are very popular here,” Bundy said. “We could use a lot more of them.”
The study rooms are not the only places to find peace or privacy in the Library, according to Bundy. She suggests students use study cubicles at the back of the Library or the Quiet Room, a no-talking-allowed communal study area.
Study resources
For on-campus students, the Tutoring and Learning Center can help students brush up on their grammar, writing, reading and basic math skills. According to the TLC’s Web page, all current tutoring is done on a drop-in basis. The center also has math skills review packets posted online.
Various study resources can be found on Sinclair’s Web site. The site has links to study skills like combating test anxiety, research paper tips, study tools and other learning aids. There are also links to Tutorial Services as well as various essay styles, including Modern Language Association (MLA) and Chicago Manual.
Students Prepare
Criminal Justice major Jon Seitz was studying for his finals as early as Feb. 25. He said he was most concerned about the final for his Emergency Medical Technician’s class, which is worth 10 credit hours. To prepare he studied his vocabulary, reading and labs.
“I even bought a couple extra books to help me review,” Seitz said.
Kristine Baker, a Health Information Management student, is less concerned about her English final and more concerned with the time limit.
“For my final English essay I have to write an essay on the spot,” Baker said. “It takes me a long time to write an essay.”
Baker said she had to unlearn a lot of her high school essay writing to do well in the class, so to prepare for her final she is focusing on doing what her teacher tells her to do.