Second semester is always a little harder than first semester. The workload picks up, professors assign more, and your assignments always just seem more difficult. Sometimes you hit the mid-semester slump and just don't want to do any work, and other times you are just SO done with school that you're ready for summer now. Here are the tell-tale signs you are 100 percent ready for summer and 0 percent ready to continue doing work for another month.
1. You hyperventilate just thinking about all the work you have to.
You can't even think about the three essays waiting for you after class, without starting to breathe heavy.
2. You always have to cram the night before an exam
Spending so much time on other work, you forget you have an exam the next day and begin the all-night cramming session.
3. Taking a study break doesn't mean snack time for you, and instead, it means feeding time.
Walking into the dining hall and eating as much food as possible, in such a limited time, should be an olympic sport. We'd all win gold medals.
4. You try an live your life while plagued by the anxiety of the impending doom of finals.
Trying to complete mundane, every-day tasks without thinking about the 4 finals you'll have to take, and multiple term papers to complete is impossible.
5. A professor dismissing class early gives you one of the purest forms of happiness.
No one can give you the same sense of joy as a professor telling you that you can all leave early.
6. You get a rush when realizing you don't actually have reading for one of your classes.
Getting a night off from the multitudes of reading only happens once in a blue moon. So, when it does happen you get wicked happy at the chance to watch Netflix instead of doing copious readings.
7. Occasionally having existential crises is normal for you.
Sometimes you have so much work to do you have a little existential crisis. Maybe you start thinking about what Sarte really meant in No Exit and if Waiting For Godot is metaphorical of you waiting for your degree.
8. Handing in an assignment after an all-nighter makes you proud.
Sure you may feel crap the next day, but at least, you got your assignment in!
9. Checking your wallet or bank account, and realizing how broke you really are.
Everyone jokes about college kids being broke, but its a very real, unfortunate reality for most of us. Summer means you'll probably be working and making money, which excites you.
10. You take a nap to avoid doing any actual work.
Everyone knows the feeling of having so much work to do that you just take a nap.
11. Your I.D. picture no longer reflects your personality.
You took your school I.D. picture at the beginning of the year when you were chipper and excited to start the semester. Now your reality is very different from the picture.
12. A teacher handing you an exam is more like them handing you a death certificate.
If the semester hadn't already killed you, the multitude of exams at the end probably will.
13. Calling your hometown friends about plans to see each other all over summer warms your heart.
Nothing can stop the joy of thinking about summer! We are so close to the end. Hang on, I know you can make it through!
