The week prior to finals week can be just as stressful as the week full of exams and papers itself. The week before dreaded finals week is when professors give you last minute reminders on why you can’t wait to be done with the semester. Here are some common reasons why you are begging for the semester to be over.

1. Your professor drops some last minute assignments on you. This can be anything from a last minute paper to a reminder that your exam is cumulative. Any of these things can have you go from calm to stressed within seconds.

2. During this last week of classes, you realize you probably should have started the lengthy list of final assignments that are due within a week or so.

3. There’s a chance that not only do you have assignments due, but you also have final exams in courses.

4. Finals week arrives. Even with a few days off before it all begins, you are stuck cramming assignments out and studying nonstop.

5. The procrastination always arrives at some point. Do I really want to do this assignment now? It’s not due until the end of the week…yet there’s still so much to do.

6. You have multiple exams in one day. How will I survive?

7. By the time exams are done, you really need a drink.

8. As you are on your way home, summer is finally here.

Students: you are in the homestretch. Only a few weeks left before you get to go home and enjoy many school-less months.