Group projects often bring out everyone's true colors, which is exceptionally unfortunate because we're most likely meeting these people for the very first time. Screw first impressions, group projects force us all to hit the ground running; there's no time for polite pleasantries. Thus, we end up forgetting all of their names and replacing them with comments that reflect their behaviors.

1. The Unspoken Leader

This person wasn’t voted to be the group head, but they very easily stepped into the role and made sure that everyone got their sh*t done. They thrive on passive aggressiveness because blatantly asking someone if they’re planning to do their part any time soon seems a little rude. Thus, the old “Hey, do you need help?” “How’s it coming?” or “Do you understand the concept?” are all phrases they carry around in their back pocket.

2. The Center of Attention

The group meets strictly to accomplish a goal of finishing the task at hand and leaving, but this individual never got that memo. They show up ready to chat it up, very loudly, about anything except the project. And when they finally do get on board with the topic they suggest 5,000 different ideas that double the amount of work just so that it looks "awesome.” Last time we checked, there was no “how awesome does the work look” column on the rubric.

3. The Clueless One

This is the person that sends a message in the GroupMe asking when class is or if we all had homework to do. Ironically enough, the class meets at the exact same time in the exact same place every other day and all of the homework is posted online in the same place that tells us when and where the class meets. This person makes you wonder how they’ve made it this far in life.

4. The Person with an Excuse

No matter what the circumstances are, this person ALWAYS has a reason for not coming to the meetings, not finishing their part, or not even showing up to class. Anything from the classic “I got stuck at work” to “I’m really under the weather and don’t want to get everyone else sick.” Great, thank you, how noble.

5. The Complainer

Everything is unfair, the project is too much work, they don’t understand their tasks, they are too stressed. They’re right though, this is college, why in the world would we have so much difficult work to do and not enough time to do it? Who knows, maybe to get a degree or something along those lines.

6. The Invisible Person

This person is literally MIA all the time. Unlike the person with an excuse, they have no excuses because they never communicate and you’re not even really sure that they still attend the university. But luckily enough, they discover your number the night before the presentation and ask what’s going on. Ironically enough, someone has already taken care of their work. Funny how life works out sometimes.