During my first finals week as a freshman at IU, I noticed a few things that were a little different than high school "finals week."
1. Drinking 10 gallons of coffee this week is normal.
Caffeine is the drug of choice this week.
2. There are literally no seats open in the library.
So you just awkwardly walk around in circles waiting for someone to leave their seat.
3. Studying actually just turns into distracting yourself and all your friends.
Finals week in a meme presented by Jim Halpert: 60 percent procrastinating, 39 percent distracting others, and 1% lethal thoughts.
4. Studying with your floor until 2 a.m. is very therapeutic.
Everyone's complaining about their different finals and draining their laptop batteries to avoid studying and you don't get much done, especially when conversations you have to join come up, but hey you might order some cookies at 1 a.m. that'll make everyone feel better
5. Your days feel extra long.
Especially if you're one of the people who have multiple finals in one day, your stress level never decreases and you just sit there being a mess.
6. Sleep does not happen this week.
when you have to learn a full semester worth of chemistry, psychology or finite in one night, you decide sleep is for the weak, not this week.
7. Everyone who didn't come to lecture all semester suddenly shows up for the final.
and someone you've never seen before takes your seat.
8. Calculating what you need on the final to get an A in the class is a sad experience
especially when you need a 129 percent on your final to get the said A.
9. You forget to work out or eat anything healthy at all
Instead of your usual workout routine and semi-healthy diet, you're eating more pizza than you ever have in your life and forgetting what exercise even is.
10. Finals week is a bonding experience.
Everyone's stressed to the max and going through his terrible week together and that creates a sort-of bond that I've never seen before it's almost like you're saying "Hey, we're besties now because we went through his terrible, horrible thing together."