21 Ways You Feel During Finals Week

From library treks to mental breakdowns, the journey of finals week is one we all share

1. You text your friend for all the notes you didn’t take during the semester in class and they email them to you

2. It dawns on you the amount of studying you have ahead of you

3. When someone tells you they only have one final

4. You’re trying to write a paper but you have no motivation or will to start

5. You get an email from your TA/Professor informing you your final has been postponed.

6. You break down in your seat, study materials in front of you, with all the stress hitting you at once

7. You try finding a single seat in the library but to no avail

8. You go from the library, to your room, to a final on a stomach full of coffee and zero sleep

9. You get out of your first final like

10. By mid-week, you just break down:

11. In the midst of all the notes, spilled highlighter fluid, and endless coffee, you just want to get away from it all.

12. You’re sitting in yet another final, on zero sleep, and look at the first question like

13. Eating becomes like this

14. People tell you to relax and go out a bit but your participation in social settings is minimal

15. As you hear others complain of how stressed they are, you’re response is

16. You’re so stressed, your basic motor skills begin to be compromised.

17. The syllabus indicates the final will be 35% based on material discussed in class, which you seldom attended

18. But you have friends who did, so it’s all good

19. Some kids talk about their post-finals plans and you’re all like

20. You run into a casual friend from one of your classes and they ask you how you’re final paper is going and you’re like

21. But through it all, you can’t wait until the end of finals, because that means one thing - summer.