1. No matter how much you tried not to procrastinate, there is just not enough time in the day.

Just when you think you're ahead of the game, you're actually not. There is not enough preparation that anyone can do to be fully prepared for their upcoming finals, last minute papers and/or assignments. When you think you're prepared enough, think again and keep preparing! Finals are quickly approaching and you are your only chance of survival right now. Sign out of your Netflix account, turn off that rerun of Catfish or Chopped and get to studying. Trust me, you'll thank me later. Use every chance that you have to prepare for your exams. I know it can be overwhelming, but it will pay off when you get an awesome grade!

OH and P.S. We all have those classes where the teachers think that we don't have enough on our plates and assign more work. Meanwhile, we are DROWNING in our workload. Keep yourself afloat by working on things in advance!

2. Teachers never know when to quit.

If you are a teacher reading this, I will start by apologizing now for all of the awful things that I have been thinking about you during finals week.

PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON US, I BEG OF YOU! Your class is not our only class! Please do not keep adding surprise assignments onto our already busy lives. I understand that this is higher education, but I am suffocating in all of your "don't forget about that assignment due next week" or the infamous "I forgot to mention...". We only have a week or two left; it is time to just look at the calendar and admit to yourself that we just won't get to chapter 838262057032 in our textbooks...

3. Sleep isn't even an option.

You know it's bad when you have to choose homework oversleep. That is any student's worst nightmare because we all love three essential things: 1) Sleep 2) Food 3) FREE t-shirts. We go to seminars and read articles that talk about how important it is, so get a decent amount of sleep in order to perform well on exams.

NEWS FLASH: What is sleep? SLEEP IS A MYTH! It is just like unicorns and leprechauns. Especially during finals week, sleep becomes a figment of our imagination. There is no such thing as sleep when there is so much to do. I miss my bed and I miss not having bloodshot eyes from lack of sleep, but: here's to hopefully doing well on finals! #SleepIsForTheWeak

4. No amount of praying can save your GPA as soon as finals come around.

You'd better have been hoping for a miracle all semester long because nothing will save you now, friend. If you're banking on having your teacher curve the exam, then you've got a hard final coming your way. I hope for your sake that you have done well in your classes so far that you don't have to count on getting a 100% on your final to pass the class.

Let's be honest, at this point, that isn't happening. But with that being said, I wish you all the best on your upcoming exams.

5. Getting a spot in the library is like entering the Hunger Games.

Oh, you want a quiet place to study? Think again. If you're going to go to the library, you better be sure that you are Katniss Everdeen. You're going to win a spot the hard way. I hope you don't have to move from your spot, if you're lucky enough to get one in the first place, because when you return, someone else will be sitting there. Want food? Pack it with you because you don't have any time to waste on leaving to get food. Finals week is the start of The Reaping, and I hope you have come prepared to fight to the death.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

6. When the caf food isn't helping your stress level #IWantEdibleFood.

By the time that finals come around, the cafeteria workers are just about as done with the semester as you are. I hope you like PB&J sandwiches and cold chicken fingers because that's the best you're going to get. The poor caf workers are just as ready for us to be gone, just as much as we want to be gone. They are hanging on to the end of the semester by a thread too. But the cold food and lack of edible food really doesn't help anyone, so try to remain positive through this struggle of life.

7. World War III is erupting within your friend groups.

DUDE! I don't know how we are all coexisting at this point. It's a wonder we all made it to the end of the semester. Friends are at each other's throats because everything just pisses us off because of all of the unavoidable stress we are all under. If you see a friend studying, do not go up to them thinking that they are your friend: they are not. They are a mutant demon twin of your friend who will turn around and quickly make you regret that you ever spoke at all. Finals week is like an apocalypse and you must trust no one. Even yourself.

Be aware of the demon-mutants that finals week has turned your friends into.

8. "Stressed out" is such an understatement.

With our friends ready to rip our throats out and our teachers continually adding more assignments to our overwhelming schedules, stressed out was stage 1 and right now, we are at about a stage 7.5.

To paint a clearer picture for you, stage 8 is when you need to be checked into a psych ward.

9. Finals just suck, period.

"Finals Week" works as a universal excuse for instances like when you see me randomly crying while eating an ice-cream cone. So, please do not ask me about what's wrong, because I'm pretty sure my brain is mush and I can't form proper sentences right now. Realize that everyone is under stress, including you, and there is nothing that anyone can do about it. Until that last day of finals, no one is your friend, especially without their morning cup of coffee. Everyone has been transformed into a scavenging mutant student that is striving to stay alive and maintain a decent GPA since their entire livelihood is depending on it. Literally.

It will all be over soon! The end is right around the corner. So good luck!

When Charles Darwin came up with his idea of "Survival Of The Fittest," I am 100 percent positive that he was observing the effects of finals week on students. Only the toughest survive and, together, we shall be great.