Congratulations to all of the students who survived the past two stress filled weeks. As for myself, I have now completed my first semester of college and feel a sense of relief more than anything else. We all probably walked out of our last finals, whether you passed or failed, with a fist pump in the air, like John Bender at the end of The Breakfast Club. But was all of that stress in studying for finals really necessary? Was it worth walking into Capen and absorbing the stress resonating off every student? Not at all.

As college students, we are all fans of the beloved procrastination. At week 10 of the semester it is socially unacceptable to start studying for finals. So we all wait until week 15 when everyone is scavenging for couches or group study rooms in the library. Including myself, we want to put off the stress of finals until a week before, not too good. Students are searching for more ways to skip their finals then to actually study for them.

Studying is hard. After we finally get the strength to start studying, ten minutes later we think, "I'm getting hungry, I'll get Moe's in the SU." And just like that, our original thoughts to study for finals are consumed by a steak burrito with a side of queso, of course. We then are too tired from eating where we close our books, take a nap, and forget studying for the rest of the day.

I believe that the final exams aren't stressful, but rather being surrounded by stress is what makes me stressed. We all have taken exams throughout the semester, finals are just weighted more. But when going around campus and hearing almost every student's worries for their exams, then it makes me stressed.

So maybe next semester I'll start start studying earlier. But I remembered I am a college student so I probably won't start until 5 days before my first final.