There comes a year, in every college student's life, the home stretch, the final two semesters of their undergraduate career. The students that have qualified for PROMISE are no longer bound to take a total of 30 credit hours, and have the liberty to take the bare minimum of 12 credit hours to keep their full-time student status. All the boxes are starting to get checked off on DegreeWorks and seniors realize they have a lot of spaces to fill with basically any classes they want. Senior year is supposed to be one of the most fun years of a person's life, so many students try to plan their schedules with as much time to recover in the mornings and ample time to strategically plan their nights. Here are some thoughts that went through my mind when I picked classes for one of my final semesters:

1. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday? That's going to be a hard pass.

2. I'm going to aim for Tuesdays and Thursdays only. A four day weekend every weekend. What a time to be alive.

3. Gangsters of New York? I've seen Goodfellas. That sounds lit.

4. Shoot, I already took yoga four times.

5. I could take badminton? Wait, my friend failed that for missing the first week. Guess that's gonna be a no from me.

6. Probably should do something productive with my semester. Maybe get my Capstone out of the way.

7. Vines to Wines? Yep. I'm gonna have to pick that one up.

8. Wait, I heard you have to spit out the wine. I am most certainly not a wine waster. Every drop counts.

9.Then again I don't want to excuse myself from class to text the boys I'm catching the feels for if I "forget" to spit out the wine.

10. Let me just consult Rate My Professors before I plug in this CRN. First comment says.

11.Easiness scale checks out. A textbook is encouraged but not required. Okay.

12. 1.5 out of 5 on the easiness scale? I'm out.

13. This kid said that this professor's test could survive a nuclear war and that he resembles a somewhat disgruntled Rumpelstiltskin. That was melodramatic. I love it. Definitely going to take this dude's advice and stay far away. Thank you for the tip bro.

14. Teacher is known to bring food and order pizza for her classes? I'm totally in.

15. This teacher supposedly has a British accent. Okay. That could keep my attention.

16. Let's see, well, I could use that hour break between classes to do homework in the library. But wait, I don't plan on stepping foot in that building all semester until finals week, maybe.

17. Wait, I think that my roommate took that class and still has the old notes.

18. I can't even pronounce that professor's last name. There's no way they speak English.

19. Attendance affects your grade??

It's my senior year, man. I'm out.

20. My best friend said she would take a class with me. Scuba diving it is.

21. What if all of my friends and I took Human Sexuality together? That could be a good time.

22. I could totally manage an 8:30. I just have to get in the habit of waking up early. And going to bed early. It will be great. I will become such a morning person. Who am I kidding.

And in the end, the typical senior student will end up with a very similar 12 hour course load, including one or more or all of the following: Theater 101, an online class, a fitness class, and either their capstone or the GEC that they forgot about. Myself being the only senior in Geology 101. Freshmen, save me a seat in the back.