A week of pure hell has begun and all college students across the nation feel its immense pressure on their GPAs. So, we all rush to the only place we think studying happens: the library. Without further ado, here are 10 things you will most likely experience at the library during finals week:
1. It feels like the library has been invaded by a bandwagon of club libbers.
All of a sudden the campus of 45,000 students seems to be crammed into a four-story building. Literally, finals week approaches and everyone has the sudden urge to post up in club lib. You're trying your hardest to not pull a Damian from Mean Girls and yell, “She doesn't even go here", because honestly you have never seen any of these people, when compared to the library regulars.
2. Parking is horrendous, and you either have to walk or get dropped off at the lib to escape P.A.C.E as they make it rain with parking tickets.
One way or another, they're going to find ya. They're gonna getcha getcha gethca.
3. ¼ of the students are there to study, while ¾ of the students see this as prime time to socialize.
Yes, the nickname is club lib. But COME ON, PEOPLE! It is not actually the hottest new club where the dress code is a messy bun and running shorts. Here we talk in our inside voices, not our yelling to your buddy across the room, Saturday night voice.
5. You will find at least one person on each floor drooling on his or her chem review packet as he or she is passed out from exhaustion.
This is a no judgment zone.
6. The once non-existent line for food is 25 people too many.
It seems like at no matter what time you try to go get some coffee or grab a snack, the line feels like you're waiting for a ride at an amusement park.
7. For an hour you can get in the zone, but then social media lures you back into its grasp.
It's not our fault that our generation is so obsessed with Facebook stalking ex-boyfriends' new girlfriends, posting Snapchat stories of how late it is, tweeting our every thoughts and scrolling through Instagram every five minutes.
8. There is a point in the middle of the night and the early morning hours that the library becomes like something from the twilight zone
Seriously, the students that have persevered and stayed at the library could be extras on The Walking Dead.
9. You have had so much coffee in your system, you feel like you could lift a car off of a baby.
You can't tell if it is adrenaline or just pure caffeine pumping through your veins, but either way you're wide awake…until an hour later: refer to number 5.
10. It's been 13 hours. You haven't left your spot, your butt has gone numb, and your brain has only barely absorbed a third of what you've learned this semester.
Let's be honest. You probably should not have missed class on St. Patrick's Day.
