Whether you're a freshman in college or graduating next semester, you've felt the wrath of college life. And, if you're a "Grey's Anatomy" fan, you know that Cristina Yang has gone through hell and back, and looks good doing it. Let's be honest, we would be lucky to rock the struggle bus half as well as she does.

1. She knows what it's like to sacrifice the fleekness of your eyebrow game for a special occasion, like showing up to lecture hall.

2. She cries on the inside like a winner.

3. She's an expert at nonchalantly sneaking alcohol into social events.

Why pay $8 for the watered down Natty Light at the concession stand when you can smuggle like Dr. Yang?

4. She knows going home for winter break means homemade meals and being surrounded by beloved friends and family.

5. She’s the face of the “Dance it Out” movement.

Seriously, people, if you haven’t tried dancing it out after spending 15 consecutive hours with your nose in a textbook on the third floor of the library during finals week, you are doing college all wrong.

6. She’s confident in her beauty and brains.

7. Like, really confident.

8. She knows that the key to a great semester is naps, naps and more naps.

9. She gives the kind of pep talks you need when you wake up still intoxicated in a frat house after making questionable decisions at the ABC mixer.

10. She would agree that college is a place to find your bridesmaids, not your husband.

11. She understands when you commit to a full course load, sometimes you have to choose between the most essential living conditions.

12. She's not above accepting promised incentives to show up to class.

13. Though she may look like she has it together all the time, she understands that it’s OK to lose your cool every once in a while.

It’s how you pick yourself back up that matters.