The midterms are over. Leaves on the trees transform from green to hues of brown and orange. Some of us are even lucky enough to experience a few inches of rain and temperatures below 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Although we overcame one academic hurdle of the Fall semester, many students across the United States are experiencing something much worse: cold and flu season. Yes, you read it here folks. It's really that time of the year once again. Here's your guide to see if the plague of sniffles and sneezes has struck down your student body.

1. Airborne suddenly becomes very valuable.

Seriously, just take the money and give me my airborne.

2. You beg your coworkers to cover your shift because you're too sick.

This time you have a valid reason to miss work.

3. There's a symphony of coughing in any given class.

Trust me, it won't be music to your ears.

4. You begin craving soup.

The cafeteria soup will probably not suffice.

5. Teachers cancel class because they're sick too.

You're either really excited because you're just as sick as your professor or because you didn't complete the assignment.

6. Kleenex starts running out faster than you think.

For the first few weeks of the semester, you thought you wouldn't need it. You were so wrong.

7. Sweats become the new fashion trend.

If you feel like crap, you might as well look like it too.

8. Your classmates show up to class unable to speak.

What is left of their voice is barely enough to even categorize it as a voice.

9. Sneezes resonate throughout the hallways.

And it's always followed by many "bless you's."

10. The smell of Lysol reeks through the dorms.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, friends.

11. Instead of chewing gum in class, people suck on cough drops.

Ricola? Halls? Honey flavored? Cherry flavored? Vitamin C infused? Don't worry friends, we got you.

12. Instead of stocking up on snacks, you're stocking up on medicine.

Besides, most of the time, your appetite disappears when you get sick. Let's swap those instant ramen noodles for some Mucinex.