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Keep Calm and Survive Midterms

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Justina Ambroz
Oct 06, 2015
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Keep Calm and Survive Midterms

End of September and early October can be the best of times and the worst of times. Football season is in full force, fall clothing has arrived, but then so have midterms.

At the beginning of the semester, you get your syllabus in each class and already know that you will have at least one hell-week ahead of you. This hell-week consists of two papers and three midterms in the span of two days, while still dealing with the FOMO of wanting to go out but knowing you should stay in and study. However, you forget about the hell-week cause you figure it's so far away, until all of a sudden it's the end of September and you know that all your exams are next week.

Your first thought is...

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But then you have to remind yourself you can survive anything, right?

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You decide to set a schedule for studying just to prevent yourself from over-stressing.

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You go to the library every day for hours on end and realize you actually hate other people and how they talk even in the quiet section of the library.

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You have discovered a week in advance is not enough to remember everything that you have been taught in that first month. You start to panic.

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And panic some more.

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All of sudden it's the night before your exams and you've pulled many all-nighters and might have had about 10 anxiety attacks, and a few involved crying.

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But just remember it will all be okay, since after tomorrow, your hell-week will be over.

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It's the morning of your exams, and you just are thinking...

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But then all of sudden it's over with and your hell-week is over. Your first instinct is to jump up and down in happiness, and your second is...

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Because you know this will happen again towards the end of the semester.

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