If you attend a school that can't get enough of assigned group projects, then this is for you. We understand that we are being prepared for the real world by learning how to cooperate in teams to achieve a shared, overall goal. It is true, the ability to work on group projects in teams is a very valuable skill that we are going to utilize in our careers until retirement, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a laundry list of struggles that come along with it. Different personalities clash while creating a final product and, suddenly, there are other people who have a say in the grade that you receive, so there is no wonder why group projects can be a stressful time.

1. You leave your phone for 10 minutes and come back to 100 messages from the group.

No, thank you.

2. The leader wants to call a meeting, but there is always one person in the group message who never responds.

Don't think that I don't see you tweeting.

3. You prepare yourself to go into the team meeting.

Breathe in. Breathe out.

4. When you show up, there aren't any snacks.

I would've never let this happen if this team ran under my dictatorship.

5. Nobody is participating, so you end up having to take on most of the project yourself.

If you want something done right, then you have to do it yourself.

6. Your quality of work gets called into question by a team member.

You take it very personally.

7. The meetings always reach the point where the group thinks that they're going to start a fight and you have no energy for it.

There's no time for that. Can't we all just get along and finish this on time?

8. Unless it's that moment when the team bands together and decides that they're all going to call out the nonexistent group member.

You're always down for that.

9. The meeting finally ends and everybody can go home.

Great work, everybody. It was a pleasure.

10. You walk in your front door, only to find that the team leader has called another "emergency meeting."

It always happens just when you think that you're free.

11. The meeting runs longer than expected and cuts into sleeping time.

You start to feel like you devote more time and energy to this project than to any facet of your personal life.

12. You have to deal with the one group member who has a personal vendetta against you.

I thought that we were all in this together.

13. When you finally reach the end of the semester, you just have to get through the final presentation.

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

14. Before you can leave forever, you know that you must first complete peer evaluations.

You put your heart and soul into them.

15. You feel great until you receive your own evaluation.

You did not get the credit that you deserve.

16. You hightail it out after the final presentation.

It's been real, guys.

17. After the group disbands, you know that you deserve a solo celebration.

You can never be personally victimized by these people again.