The last week of school use to be the most anticipated and worry-free week of the year. But then you came to college, and it became the most stressful, anxiety-filled and traumatic week of the year. You've been preparing all year for this week and you go into finals thinking you have it in the bag. You'll have plenty of time to bid farewell to your friends for the summer and kill your final exams...so you think.
1. How you'll spend your free time
Expectations:
You'll spend all your free time getting brunch with your friends and unwinding from your busy schedule. It's a time to celebrate the fact that you all survived another year and to say goodbye to your soul mates for the summer.
Reality:
2. Packing
Expectations:
Packing everything you've stuffed into your tiny dorm room shouldn't be that hard. How much could you have really fit in there all year? This will also give you a chance to get rid of some things that you haven't used in a while and know you won't need over the summer.
Reality:
Time to call TLC because when you're packing up your room, you'll realize what a hoarder you have become. You'll keep every paper you wrote all year and the notes you took in math, just in case you need to use your calculous skills when you're at home.
3. Studying for finals
Expectations:
Your study schedule will be planned out down to the minute to make sure you can get all your work done without having to sacrifice any plans you may have.
Reality:
It's 2 p.m. and you realize you haven't started your 10 page paper yet. You don't follow the schedule you made to get your studying done early because you get distracted by everything. The panic starts to kick in and you'll have a full-on meltdown in the library.
4. How you'll spend the final weekend of the year
Expectations:
The last weekend of the year will be spent going out with your friends one last time before you all go your separate ways for the summer. There's no way homework and studying can hold you back from enjoying this last night with everyone.
Reality:
With finals coming up in just days, the plans you made weeks in advance for the last weekend of school will be put on the back burner. Instead of going out, you'll spend the night at the library trying not to fall asleep on your textbooks.
5. Moving out of your apartment
Expectations:
You've spent an entire year being avoiding being in your old, tiny dorm room. The hall always smells and everything is dusty. All year you've been waiting to move out and upgrade to a nicer place to live. You'll be ecstatic to leave your dorm for the last time.
Reality:
Moving out will be a surprisingly emotional experience. You're entire life was inside the tiny, gross dorm room for the year and you're shocked to find that you will actually miss it this summer.
