Surprisingly enough I haven't had a single midterm for any of my courses. None of my professors had any reviews about progress halfway through the semester or anything which I thought was a little strange being that there was all this talk of midterm stress and anxiety and I haven't even had one. Maybe it was just the way that my schedule is set up and the specific classes I'm in but I had a HUGE relief when I found out I didn't have to worry about taking yet another exam.
Midterms in my opinion are almost as stressful as finals if not more and here's why. Midterms are supposed to mark your halfway point in the class and finals mark the end. If you take a midterm and perform poorly on it, you will likely be stressing about your grade for the rest of the semester and you will be realizing that you don't have much more you can even do to try and raise it. Mid terms are given halfway through semester when you may still be adjusting to your classes and just beginning to feel comfortable with where you're at. On top of that, many kids are not good test takers, myself being one, and the thought of having yet another big test with a large amount of information is super stressful and gives anxiety thinking about it. Although I didn't have any this semester, I feel for the students that did.
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