Students De-Stress During Finals

[snopes]

They stand outside in the cold the night before exams, wearing jeans and sweats or just PJs. And at 9 p.m. on the dot, they partake in one minute's worth of silliness for the sake of their sanity.

They scrEAAAAAMMMMMMMM!!!

It's a long-standing tradition at Northwestern University and other schools across the country, from Stanford and Harvard to Pennsylvania's Messiah College and Northland College in the hinterlands of Wisconsin. The "primal scream," as it's often called, is one of many creative ways college students are finding to blow off steam during one of the most stressful times they've faced in their young adult lives.

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[STF]

My dad just took up smoking to relieve some stress during finals. Of course now 30+ years later he has no degree and is still smoking.

I did that 20 years ago. I also beat a dead stump with a bat.

[moonfall]

"Night before exams?" I doubt a university would have all exams on the same day. I'm guessing the students pick one night during finals week.

So how am I de-stressing? Reading this helps. The night's plans originally involved drinking, but my housemates went out last night instead.

[Malruhn]

After I learned how to study, I would cram the last two weeks of class, and not touch a book the week of finals, heading down to the local watering hole on a nightly basis for a glass or two (never more!). If it was a big/hard final, I would REALLY try to get laid the night before.

It worked out very well. Well, at least the grade thing. Getting laid, not so much.

[Cervus]

I love primal screams, but they're impossible to do in an apartment setting.