As much as I hate to say it, the time is approaching us: finals week. This whole semester has been all fun and games, then came two weeks ago when our professors blurted out the word “finals.” How could it be? Weren't we all just out on a Wednesday night during syllabus week? Hearing these words have caused us all to go into immediate panic mode. This is what it’s like to hear those horrible words.

We start to calculate grades, figure out we need to get 108 percent on the final to get a C in a class, and contemplate dropping out. The library starts to fill up and you may find yourself sitting on the floor in Starbucks while chugging your cup of coffee like its a red cup on a Saturday night.

You may even start questioning that decision you made the first week of classes to sit in the back and sleep the whole rest of the semester. During this time, our malicious professors look at us all, laughing, as they pile on the last minute work. So on top of stressing for the five finals you have in a short couple of weeks, you have three papers, four group projects, two exams, and your stats professor's laundry to do. Whether or not you finish it all depends on how much sleep you plan on getting in the next two weeks. To get it all done, none.

Now, hearing these words isn't all bad. It also means that winter break is also approaching. The amazing five weeks you get to go home and forget about this place for awhile. But to get to this point, you first gotta get through the finals, and of course, you have exams on the very last testing day. So leaving for home early isn't an option.

So here it is, finals week, we can do it. All of your difficult finals are most likely on the same day. So you're going to meticulously try to determine which one you're just gonna wing it on, and study the whole week for the other four. This week will be filled with tears, coffee, sleepless nights and tears. Just remember, you may be running on three hours of sleep by the end of the week, but it’ll soon all be over. Just make it through this week, study hard, sleep later. Good luck on finals, your GPA depends on it.