Five Emotions Every College Student Feels During Finals Week

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December is the holiday season aka the most wonderful time of the year. That is unless you're a college student. Instead of December meaning Christmas movies, presents, and cookies galore; for a college student, it means test, test, and even more tests.

For many college students, this time of year is the most stressful. instead of thinking about presents, family time, and all the Christmas movies you can think of; college students are thinking about exams, presentations, and grades instead. Here's a list of feelings every college student feels during finals week.

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1. Relaxed

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No, I didn't make a mistake. The first feeling is relaxed. But not the good kind of relaxed where you can kick back and watch Stranger Things on a loop for hours on end. This is the kind of "relaxed" before the exams. The calm before the storm as many would say. In this stage, you are still procrastinating and denying that it really is finals week and that you have so much work to get done! You push back study sessions because you figure you have enough time to study later.

2. Realization

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In this stage, everything hits you. You check your calendar and realize that this upcoming week you have three tests, four papers, two group projects, and a speech to prepare for. Now, you regret all those hours spent watching Netflix and playing sims.

3. Worry

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Now that the realization has set in, you're beginning to worry about how you are possibly going to get everything completed in time. You've already planned several all-night study sessions and canceled any social plans for the next week. You're ready to get very minimal sleep but at a great cost!

4. INTENSE STRESS

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You've been studying for hours on end, you have gotten maybe five hours of sleep in the last couple of days, and your eyes are starting to burn from the hours you've spent staring into a textbook or computer screen. Playtime is over and you are now hours away from your last final exam. The next 48-72 hours are going to be filled with cramming sessions and insane amounts of coffee but you know you're almost at the final season finish line

5. Sweet Relief

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You've just completed your last exam and you feel the weight of the world fall off your shoulders. It's time to throw out all of your study guides, open up Netflix, and binge your favorite shows for hours on end. You are officially on winter break and have time to finally catch up on hours of sleep that you've missed during this last week.