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25 Thoughts Every Student Has During Midterms, As Told By The Office

What would Michael Scott do?

Elizabeth Rutledge

Nov 07, 2017

University of Oregon

25 Thoughts Every Student Has During Midterms, As Told By The Office

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Midterms are honestly one of the worst parts of college. They're like finals, except you still have to go back to class the next day. College is supposed to prepare us for the real world; who better to describe the horror of midterms than the real world we all wish we lived in on The Office?

1. Realizing how soon midterms are

2. When the professor is covering new material and the midterm is tomorrow

3. When the professor asks if anyone has questions about the midterm

4. Reviewing everything you were supposed to have learned in the last few weeks

5. Finding literally anything to distract yourself from studying

7. Realizing that you haven't had a real meal in days

8. Finding the perfect spot to nap in the library

9. Still feeling completely unprepared for midterms

10. Deciding to go out the night before a midterm

11. Waking up 15 minutes before your midterm

12. Seeing a topic that the professor definitely said WOULDN'T be on the midterm

13. Bullshitting your way through an essay question

14. And adding a few more sentences for good measure

15. Studying all night and still feeling like you failed

16. Hearing a classmate complain about how ridiculous that midterm was

17. Realizing you answered a question wrong after the midterm is over

18. When your friends ask how midterms are going

19. Finishing one midterm only to remember there's another one tomorrow

20. Feeling like you are actually prepared for your next midterm

21. When that one person who never shows up to class and said they didn't study at all magically aces the midterm

22. Feeling like midterms will never be over

23. Passing the midterm you thought you bombed

24. Walking out of your last midterm

25. Realizing that finals are only a couple weeks away

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25 Thoughts Every Student Has During Midterms, As Told By The Office

What would Michael Scott do?

1. Realizing how soon midterms are

2. When the professor is covering new material and the midterm is tomorrow

3. When the professor asks if anyone has questions about the midterm

4. Reviewing everything you were supposed to have learned in the last few weeks

5. Finding literally anything to distract yourself from studying

7. Realizing that you haven't had a real meal in days

8. Finding the perfect spot to nap in the library

9. Still feeling completely unprepared for midterms

10. Deciding to go out the night before a midterm

11. Waking up 15 minutes before your midterm

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19. Finishing one midterm only to remember there's another one tomorrow

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25. Realizing that finals are only a couple weeks away

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1. The importance of traditions.

2. How to be thankful for family and friends.

3. How to give back.

4. What the word "community" really means.

5. That it isn't about the destination, but the journey.

6. The consequences of making bad choices.

7. To trust people, until you have a reason not to.

8. To be welcoming and accepting of everyone.

9. How to be my own, individual person.

10. How to work for what I want.

11. How to be great at giving directions.

12. How to be humble.

13. To be well-rounded.

14. How to be great at conflict resolution.

15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

17. That you don't always have to do it alone.

18. How to be creative.

19. To brush off gossip.

I have never been so thankful to know you.

Dealing with the inevitable realities of college life.

Don't freak out

Email the professor

Attend the first class

Keep attending class

Have a backup plan

Remember that everything works out at the end

It's mandatory to have these conversations.

1. What do you do for a living?

2. What's your favorite color?

3. Do you have any siblings?

4. What's your favorite television show?

5. When is your birthday?

6. What's your biggest goal in life?

7. If you had three wishes granted to you by a genie, what would they be?

8. What's your favorite childhood memory?

9. If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

10. Are you a cat or a dog person?

11. Do you believe in a religion or any sort of spiritual power?

12. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?

13. What is your ideal date night?

14. Who was/is your celebrity crush?

15. What's a good way to cheer you up if you're having a bad day?

16. Do you have any tattoos?

17. Can you describe yourself in three words?

18. What makes you the most nervous in life?

19. What's the best gift you have ever received?

20. What do you do to relax/have fun?

21. What are your priorities at this phase of your life?

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