Dear finals,

Why must you be a thing?! It's like students bust their butts all semester long, and then we have finals that either make or breaks our GPAs.

I'm over here looking forward to this long Christmas break, but then I have final exams stressing me out before break. So the whole week before finals, I'm stressing out, having to spend many hours on just one subject then having to split another many hours for another class I have an exam in. You got me spending late nights, drinking cups of coffee for those late nights so that I can at least have a chance to a decent score on the final.

Exemptions should still be a thing for these finals, with the amount of tests we take in each class, why take an even bigger exam to either knock that grade down, because we all know there's a 50/50 chance that you'll ace it. Even less of a chance in some courses.

However, I am thankful for some of the final exams that we have to take. I mean, I'm given an opportunity to make a higher grade in a class and help improve my GPA, only if I make a really good score on the exam. But, I do admire the amount of relief I feel after I'm done with all of my exams. It is like one of the greatest feelings you'll have ever have throughout your college years. The amount of pressure that gets lifted off your shoulders once you finish that last exam, knowing that you're done with all of them, at least for that semester. And deciding to go home and enjoy your break from school, and have fun because you deserve it after stressing and going through all of that anxiety.

So, this is what I have to say to you, final exams: I strongly dislike every single thing about you and really wish I didn't have to take you. But, I'm going to bust my butt to study for you and own each and every final exam. Because I am not going to let these exams ruin my winter break, or my year.

As for anyone that has finals week, good luck! Study hard! And own these exams!