I think it’s safe to say that the last week of every semester is the worst one for every college student, I mean there’s a reason why we refer to it as “Hell Week.” Libraries run out of chairs and tables to study on, nails are shortened to the max, Starbucks and Dunkin’ are actively increasing their sales rate, and Professor’s inboxes are being spammed. The anxiety, the stress, and the societal expectation to pass all of the classes becomes overwhelming, forcing every student to find their own coping mechanism to survive. These coping mechanisms are identified and categorized as the following classification of students:

1.The Gluttonous

There are always those leftover food containers inside the fridge or those forgotten snacks in the back of the pantry; during hell week, the Gluttonous students eat it all. From the “4 nights ago” leftover pasta to the stale potato chips or hardened candies, as long as they are munching, then they are surviving.

2. The Sensitive Stomachs

Meanwhile, the Sensitive Stomach students end up going the whole week without eating anything at all. They simply rely on their cups of water because just the thought of food makes their stomach react nervously.

3. The Caffeine Addicts

“Sleeping takes time away from studying! It’s a waste of my time,” some students would say. These are the Caffeine Addicts. They addictively inject caffeine into their bloodstreams and avoid the bags under their eyes so they can actively stay awake and study. They are determined to spend every minute reviewing the material until the big day.

4. The Well Rested

Contrary of the Caffeine Addicts, the Well Rested sleep all of their worries away, they tuck themselves in at a reasonable hour and fall asleep to the sounds of the virtual waterfall, and end up dreaming for that A to come.

5. The Sloths

Procrastination never results in anything good, especially during finals. If you’re lucky, exams won’t fall on the same day but they will always be right after each other. These Sloths end up realizing all of the studying they should have begun at the beginning of the week and instead of stressing out about it, they kick back and rely on the student next to them on the day of the exam for the answers.

6. The Greedies

As for the Greedies, these students are the ones that aced every single exam during the semester, brag about it to others, and when asked for help they do not oblige. They live for the motto: survival of the fittest.

7. The Overly Optimistic’s

The exam could be categorized as the hardest exam of the semester but the Overly Optimistic students faithfully believe they will be getting the A. Better yet, they could have a C in the class and still believe that they will be passing with the A because they believe in the impossible.

8. The Pessimistic's

But of course for the Pessimistic students have the complete opposite mentality. The student could have an A in the class but solely believe they won’t even be passing after the final exam – they lose hope in it all and struggle to trust their knowledge, possibly even sabotaging themselves.

At the end of the day, we are all just trying to succeed and maintain decent GPA’s. We’ll do whatever it takes to pass.