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Finals Week: A Review

A reflection upon one of the most stressful weeks of any university student's life using "The Office"

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Finals Week: A Review
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You did it! To all my fellow Ramblers and many other university students across the country, you have finally completed your final exams. If your exam week went anything like mine, it probably passed by in a blur of emotions, last minute study sessions, and bottomless cups of coffee. Now as you fervently wait for your grades to be posted in Locus, let us review the rocky road of the previous week. Though you probably want to forever block it from your mind here is a depiction of the previous week with GIFs from the one TV show that helped distract me from the entire process: "The Office."

1. Trying to even comprehend the amount of work you have to do in the next week went something like this and you become slightly overwhelmed:



2. But wait, everything is okay because you have the whole weekend to study right?


3. Nope, it is time to have one last hurrah before everyone heads out for the holidays, especially with those friends who are smart and graduate early. One night won't hurt, right?

4. Sunday has arrived and the panic kicks in just a little. Two exams Monday, one Tuesday, paper Thursday, one Friday, and your last on Saturday. You have plenty of time to remain optimistic but may be becoming a little frantic.


5. You open up your notes and textbooks, attempting to review 15 weeks of material in four hours and all you truly remember about the lectures is something like this:



6. The day has arrived, you show up to your first exam extra early, just so that one student who never shows up to class doesn't take your regular seat and throw off your test taking abilities.


7. The exam hasn't even been handed out yet and you softly chant a motto because you are going to ace this exam.

8. You look over the exam, look at your friends in exasperation, and turn to give your professor this look:


9. Regardless of your level of preparedness, the only thing you can do is your best. The total page length might be just a little short, but why write more when less is sufficient?

10. One down, five to go. You walk out of the exam with only one thing crossing your mind.

10. Later, once everyone had has a chance to recover, you check with your classmates to verify that the exam was indeed more challenging than expected. You feel better knowing that they also had no idea what was happening.


11. Over the course of the proceeding week, you repeat this same cycle, questioning yourself at every stage, considering just dropping everything and becoming a hermit, and hoping that just maybe you will pass all your classes. You vow never to repeat this by being better prepared for the next round.

12. It is done and you return to reality only to find that your physical appearance progressed something like this over the course of the week:


13. But always remember, you are kind, you are smart, and you are important. Though this is not from the "The Office," it is important as you head into winter break and the next semester. Happy finals everyone!


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