When I open multiple terminal sessions and the sessions are buried under one application and I have to press ctrl + ` to move between the same application.
Is there a way to change so that Alt + tab will work similar to windows?
Install compizconfig-settings-manager with sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
from a terminal or search for it in the software center. It allows you to alter the behavior of alt+tab, among other things.
Answered here: How do I revert Alt-tab behavior to switch between windows on the current workspace?
(just flagged question as duplicate)