With the school "season" kicking into high gear, a downpour of experiences to be had and things to be done is ready to bombard the living daylights out of students across the board. To all the effortlessly perfect people out there (if there are any at all), let's be honest - no one really has it together. Thankfully, we can help ourselves by preparing for both the best of times and the worst of times. Look no further than study apps. The following ten are free and sweeter than your Lifesaver flavor of choice. Praise be to the tech gods of the 21st Century.

1. Dragon Dictation

Dragon Dictation is an easy to use voice recognition app. It's five times faster than texting or typing and is more than a little useful when your professor is speaking on rapid-fire mode about microeconomics chapter 29. Hit "record" and watch the magic begin.

2. Coffivity

For those who prefer a little background noise when it's time to crack down on reading assignments and problem sets, Coffivity is for you! The app recreates the ambient vibes of a cafe, chatter and all. You can also incorporate your own songs of choice through Pandora, Spotify, and iTunes.

3. Focus Now

Oh the joy of technology, its ability to make us happy about virtual realities (aka nothingness) - I'm looking at you, Neopets. FocusNow is a timer designed to keep users on track by growing virtual vegetables. Simply, set the timer and begin working. If you end up exiting out of the application, the vegetables die and the fruits of your labor literally go to waste.

4. Quizlet

Let's be real, when it's 2 o'clock in the morning, concentrating on Spanish vocabulary memorization isn't the easiest thing to do. Quizlet provides the solution through a system of virtual flashcards. The random-order quizzing option ("learn") works wonders for cramming forty new terms into your brain the night before an exam.

5. Hours

Sometimes visualization is all it takes to get focused. For those that aren't fans of planning ahead of time, Hours allows you to benefit from visualizing time usage without plotting anything out beforehand. Hours makes real-time tracking easy by running a list of customizable timers that you can switch with one tap.

6. Google Calendar

When life's a whirlwind, Google Calendar is there to save the day. This app consolidates the times of all activities, extracurriculars, open houses, homework tutoring sessions, and class lectures and precepts. It also comes with a reminder option to keep you ahead of the game and knowing where to go next. Never miss a meeting again!

7. Math Alarm Clock

Can't get up in the morning? Neither can I. Math Alarm Clock gets your brain running by forcing you to solve a simple math problem before you can hit the snooze. You'll find yourself up and running in no time.

Best of luck! How can it have only been week one?