What’s your REAL bootcamp survival strategy?

• Caffeine and chaos ☕️🌀

• Gifs, group chat, and sheer willpower

• Staring into space until someone helps 👀

• Asking ChatGPT in secret like it’s contraband 🤖

How did you *actually* feel during the vector lecture?

• Thriving! I was born for this. 💅

• I blacked out and pretended I understood 🤔

• Confused, but I refused to blink 👁️

• Plot twist: I *was* the vector

If your STEM persona had a tagline, what would it be?

• “I solve problems in slides and in life.”

• “Slightly confused but making it work.”

• “Doing the math *and* the most.”

• “Catch me in office hours *and* at the snack table.”

What’s your PSET spirit animal?

• Golden retriever with a calculator 🐶➗

• Stoic cat typing 100 wpm 🐱⌨️

• That squirrel doing calculus 🐿️📊

• A very serious turtle with questions 🐢❓

Your inner monologue during group presentations was closest to:

• “Please don’t call on me… please don’t call on me…”

• “Okay, I got this—wait… what slide are we on?!”

• “We’re all in this together 🎶 *starts humming High School Musical*”

• “My cohort better CLAP LOUD after this.” 👏🏽

You walked into WLH 114 like…

• Chill, confident, and slightly sleep-deprived 😎

• With a notebook in one hand, trauma in the other ✍🏽💥

• On a mission from the VA and vibes only 🫡✨

• Like Beyoncé before a TED Talk 💃🏽

Which post-bootcamp vibe check are you feeling?

• Empowered, tired, and still smarter than I thought

• Lowkey ready to drop my LinkedIn link

• Plotting my nap and my next degree

• Like I survived basic training—again

Alan has been studying for his math test for an hour. He knows he needs to study for at least another hour, but he is feeling distracted. His phone keeps buzzing with text messages, and he's hungry. What would be the best thing for Alan to do now?

• He should keep studying until he falls asleep.
• He should talk to his friend, eat a snack and keep studying all at the same time.
• He should take a quick break, so he can get a snack and respond to his texts before he goes back to studying.
• He should stop studying and make plans to see his friends.

What should you do if you don't understand a topic while studying?

• Skip it and hope it won't be on the test

• Ask a teacher or a friend for help

• Ignore it

• Guess the answers

Which of the following can help improve memory retention?

• Studying in a noisy environment

• Getting enough sleep

• Skipping meals

• Studying only once