Finals week is approaching fast and a number of students are not prepared. After Thanksgiving break, there is only one week of classes before finals week (Dec. 9 through Dec. 12). With big tests coming up, students might need extra help outside of the classroom, which they have sadly missed.
The Student Success Center offers tutoring sessions for most of the semester.
As announced on the notice board and the @SBU_FYE Twitter account, the final day to sign up for a tutor was Monday. As in years past, students have been coming to sign up for a tutor after that date. However, those students were turned away.
The news disappointed Charles Campitiello, a freshman behavioral neuroscience major. Campitiello said he couldn’t keep up with his tutoring schedule.
“I signed up for a bio tutor and then I didn’t go to that session,” said Campitiello.
Campitiello also intended to learn from other students in the class.
“I thought kids in my class would be able to help me more than the tutoring sessions would,” he said. “I regret not going because [my classmates] are not helping me or teaching me ways to study.”
Although they haven’t necessarily missed the deadline, many students rush to get help at the last minute rather than signing up for tutoring from the start of the semester. With finals week approaching, students come to realize they will not be able to pass on their own and feel like extra help is needed.
Christian Barzey, a freshman psychology major, signed up for a tutoring session around the middle of October and was pleasantly surprised with the results afterward.
“It does sort of help,” he said. “I’ll most likely sign up for a session next year as well.”
The best strategy for success, however, seems to be planning out tutoring sessions and signing up early.
Anthony Adams, a freshman broadcast journalism major, signed up for a tutoring session on Oct. 20. He knew he would need the extra help and did not wait for finals week to get it.
“I’ve only had one session,” he said. “But it helped me remember the little things that I couldn’t understand.”
After a number of failed attempts to study with friends and classmates, Campitiello did go to an unplanned tutoring session and was able to get more help from that.
“They helped me so much more than the two weeks of me studying myself and trying to get help from my peers,” he said. “Next year I am going to sign up and go to sessions ahead of time.”
Although it is too late to get tutoring sessions now, this semester has acted as a warning, especially for freshmen, who find themselves behind the current as the semester races past and rolls to a close. Next semester, and in the following years, students should get ahead of the game and attend tutoring sessions before it is too late.
By John Ancillotti, Staff Writer
ancilljm19@bonaventure.edu
