If you are a freshman, I'm sure that you know the struggle of having an 8 a.m. class. This is truly the worst time to have the class, but they are usually required, and you just have to get through them. Over the course of a semester, I have learned that there are 5 stages of having an 8 a.m., and I'll be sharing them with you today.

1. Denial

Denial is the very first stage. You walk out of your advising appointment or sit staring at your computer after registration, and you don't know what just happened. It starts as shock. Then it turns to denial. This didn't actually happen. It isn't real. This is just a really bad dream. You didn't actually sign up for 8 a.m. Calculus on Monday mornings. You're going to wake up in 20 minutes from your nap, and everything is going to be okay.

2. Anger

The second stage brings Anger. It's officially the first day of classes, and you awaken to the sound of your alarm blaring at 7 a.m. to tell you that you need to get up. You're angry that you have to wake up this early, and you're angry that you're going to have to keep waking up this early for the rest of the semester. Sometimes this involves angry screaming at 7:55 a.m.

3. Bargaining

After anger comes bargaining. You tell yourself you'll buy Chipotle if you wake up at 7:30 a.m. for your class. You say that you'll never stay up until 4 a.m. again if only you can switch to a later class. Alas, these are not successful.

4. Depression

Stage 4 brings depression. You roll out of bed, sad that you have to walk across the quad to go to your 8 a.m. French class. You don't speak to anyone. You don't really listen in class. You just stare out the window and wait until you can return to your dorm and take a nap.

5. Acceptance

Finally, we have acceptance. You stare at your computer on registration day a semester later, and you look at your class schedule. You once again have an 8 a.m. But it's fine. You're fine. Everything is fine. You've accepted your fate.

Maybe.