It's finals week, and you all know what that means. Every student has their own way of processing the horror that is to come, and regardless of if your finals are done on Monday or don't get over until Friday at 10 P.M., the struggle is the same for us all. Finals week is one of the most stressful weeks that college students face, and, of course, they have to come right before the biggest holidays of the year. Here are 10 of the stages we all face when finals week hits us like a ton of bricks.
Flashback to Dead Week, when you made all of your study plans.
Your planner is full of study dates and review sessions, you've decided you only have 1.2 hours a day for socializing, and you are absolutely certain that you've got these finals in the bag.
It's Sunday. The day before.
...You quickly realize you didn't study even a tenth of what you planned. Maybe starting that new series on Netflix wasn't such a great idea.
And so, let the cramming begin.
You are frantically dusting off those textbooks you haven't cracked open since syllabus week, and you start thinking about anyone you know who has taken these classes before. Maybe they can offer some helpful tips?
Today is the day. Final #1.
You are a ball of stress, hunger, and sleep deprivation. A small part of you thinks maybe, just maybe you will ace the exam. The rest of you isn't so confident.
You arrive to your final and look over your notes one last time.
Five minutes before the exam starts? Perfect, just enough time for one more emotional breakdown.
Your professor hands out the exam...
...and you realize nothing you studied is on the exam.
You turn in your final, feeling even less confident than you did coming into it.
Maybe it's time you change your major.
You repeat the process several times 'till you hit your last final.
With one last pep talk and the promise of winter break at the end of the dark tunnel, you finish your finals.
Finally, you're done.
It doesn't matter if you passed or failed, you are done, and that's all that matters. Now all that's left is to wait for grades to come out.
Final grades are posted and you find out you didn't fail your classes.
After a congratulatory happy dance, you promptly get ice cream and take a well-deserved nap.
No matter what the end of your finals week looks like, know that you've got this. Besides, if things don't work out you can always do a victory lap (fifth year senior anyone?)!
