As some of you may know, it's almost graduation season. For many of you, that means watching a handful of your friends move on to bigger and better things. For some of us, however, that means entering a whole new post-grad world, and saying goodbye to life as we know it. Naturally, this is a stressful time for graduating seniors, and in times of stress, it's not uncommon to tell a little white lie here or there. These are some of the lies that graduating seniors tell themselves and those around them.

1. "I have plenty of time left."

Have you been putting off one big assignment all semester? Have you been putting off all your big assignments? “I still have plenty of time,” you’ve probably told yourself. No, you do not. You graduate next month. There are barely four weeks between you and the end of the semester. Get your act together.

2. "I know what I’m doing."

You’re walking down the hall of your department when you pass by your professor, or maybe a leader of one of your extracurriculars. “Hey, can you get me the final version of that project by tonight?” they say to you. “Sure thing, it’s almost ready,” you say back. What? Why did you lie just then? You don’t even know what “it” is, and it sure as hell isn’t almost ready. Well, you’ve made it this far—you’ll figure it out.

3. "I don’t need that letter of recommendation."

There’s nothing better than having a positive and friendly working relationship with all of your professors and academic advisers. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case for you. And it’s not all your fault! Some of your professors are real jackasses. “I don’t need letters from jackasses!” you think to yourself before setting that bridge to flames. Yes, you do. The world is run by jackasses, and the unfortunate truth is that we must please them to succeed. Not to mention the fact that you happened to think all of your professors were jackasses so now you’re really up a creek.

4. "This class isn’t important."

“I’m not studying for this core class; I’ve got a big project to work on for a major course!” said every senior unfortunate enough to have a core class. Here’s the thing about core classes: if you don’t pass them, you won’t graduate. “C’s get degrees,” you say? Do you really want to lower your last ever GPA by getting a C in Intro to U.S. History, because “C’s get degrees”?

5. "I’ve eaten enough today."

“Hey, wanna go grab dinner at the caf?” “No thanks, I’ve eaten enough today.” Excuse me? It is currently 6 p.m., you’re sitting alone in the library working on that project you put off all week and the last thing you ate was half a bagel and an iced tea at 11 a.m. Not to mention that you followed this up with a cool five-hour nap because you lost all control over your sleep schedule. Get yourself together. Pretty soon you’ll be working somewhere that doesn’t have nap time on the schedule. Eat some vegetables.

6. "I have enough money."

“Hey, wanna go grab dinner, not at the caf?” “Yeah, I have enough money for that!” Excuse me? We are currently a quarter through with 2016 and you haven’t received a paycheck since 2015. Yeah you got that sweet student loan refund check, but you might want to save that to, you know, pay back your student loans. You haven’t checked your checking account balance in 2 months. You’re $112.78 over drafted. Don’t you have credit card payments to make? Please stop spending money.

7. "My loans don’t scare me."

There’s nothing scary about student loans, because everyone has them, right? Sure, everyone may have student loans, but not everyone has the same chance of finding employment or the same starting salary. Look up the starting salary for an entry-level job in your field. Now take the total amount of money you were loaned, and divide it by that salary. That’s the number of years you’ll have to work at that job before you even actually make any money you can keep! And that’s if you even can find sound employment. Fun! Grad school, anyone?

8. "I know what a hooding ceremony is."

When my sister graduated from college and my parents said we were going to her hooding ceremony, all I could picture was the moment when a prisoner of war has a bag or a “hood” thrust over his head before being transported to a desolate location, likely for an execution. That’s all I’m going to say about this one.

9. "My whole family is coming to commencement."

Oh, your aunts and cousins are flying in from California to watch you graduate? That’s cool, my family lives 10 minutes away and there’s barely a 50/50 chance any of them will show up. I’m not bitter.

10. "I don’t care that I didn’t receive any academic awards."

Academic honors and awards are the most fake things out there. They’re given out only to the biggest suck-ups and teachers' pets (‘cause those still exist, right?) and no one who truly deserves one has ever gotten one. They mean absolutely nothing to you, and you cried last night because you didn’t get any.

11. "I’m fine."

“Are you nervous about life after graduation?” “No, I’m fine,” you lie through your crooked little teeth to anyone evil enough to bring up this terrifying reality to you. Your face is absolutely expressionless, but beyond those dead eyes, a thousand uncertainties fly. Where will I work? How will I afford to live? What’s for dinner? Did I forget to go to one of my classes for the entire semester? Do I have an independent study? Will my dog remember me when I visit? These questions and more run through your brain in a millisecond all the while the climax to "O Fortuna" plays in your head as it slowly melts to nothingness. This is the end.