As the semester draws to a close, there are certain phases everyone goes through as they can finally see the sweet relief of winter break on the horizon.

1. Thanksgiving Break

This is a little teaser of the longer break about to come and makes the next few weeks between breaks seem almost unbearable. You finally get to be home for more than the occasional weekend if you're so lucky and your homework sitting in your bag is easily ignored. When asked why you didn't finish your homework over break, you have one answer.

2. Post Break Depression

You finally return from break and you have nothing to do but fill all of your time with the studying that you didn't do over break. Netflix watching also increases as you desperately try to find something else to do besides feel guilty that you're not studying.

3. Complete Denial

The fact that finals are so close on the horizon is unbelievable and in that state of mind, we must deny the fact that any of this is happening.

4. Panicking

Realizing that all your finals and final projects are due or currently happening is a hard pill to swallow. Late night cramming and the inevitable tears and regret are here and you can't wait for this week to be over.

5. Unagi

You attempt to enter a state of academic unagi. Unagi is not something you are, it's something you have. Hopefully, after all the tears and hurried cramming you have some kind of unary, or maybe just some type of sushi.

6. Acceptance

You realize that you are 100% totally screwed so you just have to go in and do you best on your finals. Let's just pretend you actually knew what was happening in the class the entire semester anyway. Unagi was never achieved.

7. The Aftermath

Your finals are over, as well as the semester, and you couldn't be happier. Weeks off from school with nothing to do but lounge around and try to recover from the emotional damage that was inflicted to you on the past few weeks. But we can all look back on those last few weeks with some loving memories...or maybe not.