Coursework,quiz are way to rush

Gosh..Coursework and quiz are really killing me.This semester our syllabus has a little changes where our exam marks has reduce to 50% and the rest of the marks are judge on participation,attendance,presentation,quiz and coursework.We will only get to have our coursework topic within a month and submit within that particular month as well.So the time is pretty tight where we dont even have sufficient time to prepare and so on.Though is good where exam we wont have to struggle so much but the problem is we have to spend more time on the quiz and coursework in order to score a better result.Yesterday i attended Intro to Finance and was given quiz,i did memorise and understand all formulas but at last nothin came out and all are more on theories..and i spent so much time studying while working and studied during lunch hour..but ended up nothing apply in my quiz.Sigh..what a disappointment and i told myself i am not gonna give up and i have to score and do well during the exam.I was really proud of one of my friend where she really studied so hard for the formulas and theory and she score full marks..i am so impressed with her eventhough her language area is a little weak but she uses another way to understand each and every sentence and take everything serious..guess i have lots to learn from her and i shall study harder without burning any mid night oil.