Finals week--the week that every college student dreads. Whether you've just finished your finals, or are currently in the midst of the chaos, you know the true horror that is final exams. An inevitable side-effect of being a college student is having to show a professor everything that you have learned in the past semester in a short three hour time span. For many professors, this one exam could determine your final grade. You've worked hard all semester, and it all comes down to this. I'd love to offer some awe-inspiring, motivation-inducing advice to get you through this troubling time, but the truth is that I am just as lost, confused, and tired as you. Instead, I thought I would try to summarize finals in a way that every student can relate to.
1. Before you begin studying, you're full of motivation and hope.
2. You know that the library will be your home for the upcoming weeks, but you're okay with that.
3. Until you realize you have no idea what you're doing.
4. You then realize that studying sucks.
5. And you quickly succumb to...
6. Even when you're not trying to procrastinate, you procrastinate by studying for another test.
7. You realize that you procrastinated too much and now you have to make some important decisions.
8. So you try to multitask.
9. When that doesn't work, you decide to push through it and make caffeine your best friend.
10. Soon you realize that no sleep and extreme stress do not make a good combination.
11. When someone asks you if you're fine, you decide to be honest.
12. You hate when people try to relate to your problems.
13. As exams come closer, you try not to show your fear.
14. But the people around you decide this is the time to blast their music and scream for no apparent reason and you just can't deal with it anymore.
15. You finally wake up on the first day of exam week.
16. And then go to bed everyday during exam week dreading waking up the next day.
17. Before going into your exams, you decide to adopt the correct attitude.
18. Your professor decides to wish you luck on your exam.
19. You finally open the exam and realize that you remember nothing.
20. And that there are questions on the test you haven't studied for.
21. But eventually (in the last five minutes) you remember everything you studied.
22. You finally make it out of the exam room, mostly alive, and you don't want to talk about it.
To those who are already enjoying summer break, congratulations for making it through exam week in one piece! To those who still have exams to take...
