Study Group

I broke down. I made a study group. Maybe it was the subconscious input from profs alll semester. Maybe it was me not wanting to have any regrets or excuses once the semester is done. Whatever caused it, I made a study group. There are 3 of us. One is a guy, smart but not egotistical, who finished college at a DC school in 3years--definitely has a bit of a brain. The other person is a girl who's sweet, smart (another DC school grad) & keeps the guy and I focused and down to earth. We will probably all end up with 3 different grades in all the classes, but all of us are studious, so it makes the group work. Also, we tend to take pretty complete notes, so we can always plug holes we have.
I broke down and made a study schedule for the group in Excel. I had to. Looking at the tick-tock, I couldn't see how we were going to fit everything in and still have time to study, sleep & eat. So hence the schedule. When we're going to meet, what we're going to talk about, how far outlines should be done... it's really a method to make sure we get to everything and that we aren't tired and stressed by the time we sit to take the final.
The school has spaced our finals out really annoyingly. 2 weeks, a final every 3 days until the last one, then it's only a 1 day break in between. I am sure they do it this way so that we have enough time to sleep & study in between finals. Really, it is just irritating because I would like to get them all finished and go to the family home for the holidays by the 15th. But that isn't going to happen...

Back to the study group though... right, so how much faith do I put into a study group? If nothing else, it's great because I know my outlines are on track and I didn't miss anything. I also can tell if my outlining methods are going to work, or if they are going to be wacko and need changing (already found 1 I need to totally edit). Sometimes I feel like I am doing the same work twice... but I take it like this: The more times I go over the stuff, the better chance I have that *any* of it is going to stick. And by any I mean hopefully a lot..

So I'll update more as our study group really winds up into full swing... for now, it looks hopeful.