Midterms -________-

So far adjusting to all of the work that we have to do in College has been very stressful. The amount of work I did in High School is nothing compared to what I am doing now. Last week I had my political science and writing 100 midterm due on the same day. They were both very difficult, when I first got the midterm I thought that they were going to be easy. I thought that they were going to be multiple choice with maybe one essay question, boy was I wrong. My political science midterm consisted of 7 different essays  and they all had to be at least two pages long. My writing 100 midterm was almost the same, it was about 6 different essays and they all had to do with someone significant in history. I think that I do much better with the a test that you have to sit in a room and just answer questions, I feel this way because when I take essay tests I never know what to say and I always feel like I am rushing or not adding what I need to be. 
Grades came out today and I am very disappointed in the grade that I got for my writing midterm. I did not do as well as I thought I was going to do. However I am not going to stress out about it, as my professor Brian says "the sun came up the next day and life moves on". I just have to make sure that I will give more effort next time, and spend more time on revising the essays that I have to complete. I am very happy that I am taking this College lecture course because it have given me some really helpful tips on what to do when I take tests, and next time I think that I will do much better. For example next time I plan to devote more time to studying and actually doing the midterm.
When we learned about effective ways of test taking in my college lecture I took it all in. My Professor Brian told us that on the night of the test make sure that you get a good nights sleep, and eat a healthy breakfast. He told us that sometimes just getting a good nights sleep is much better then staying up all night trying to finish the test or cramming. I had no idea that this was more effective and next time I will do this. From on on I know that I will be better at test taking. I will take more time with the test that I have to take, and I will make sure that I analyze the answers better. I will devote more time and effort into studying and I will make sure that I get a better grade on ALL of my final exams.