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14 Times Midterms And Tennis Were Relatable

Whether you realized it or not, the top tennis players definitely felt your midterm pains at some point.

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14 Times Midterms And Tennis Were Relatable
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Fall is in the air. The weather is getting cooler, leaves cover the ground and decorations of Halloween abound. Those decorations, however, are not the scariest thing on the block.

October marks the midpoint of the academic semester at your typical American college, and with it come the inevitable, dreaded midterms. There is no size-fits-all for the college midterm; some professors require you to write nonstop and write weeks’ worth of information during the entire class period, while others will give you a simple multiple choice quiz that’s over within the span of a few minutes. What all midterms have in common, however, is the power they hold over your grade. If you’re not on your A-game on test day, you will be paying a heavy price for it while straining your long-term relationship with your GPA.

This is why the sport of tennis mirror college midterms so perfectly, specifically the Grand Slam events. There are four of them each year, they’re incredibly demanding and they’re worth the most for the players’ rankings by far. Whether you follow professional tennis or not, you may find that you relate to the players more than you thought you did.

1. When you realize the test is tomorrow and it's gonna be an all-nighter...

2. ...and you realize how much you really have to know.

3. When your inevitable meltdown happens later that same night...

4. When you overhear your classmates mention something that will be on the test and you're hearing it for the first time...


5. When you walk into the midterm with no sleep...

6. When you read the first question and your brain just stops working...


7. When you've already started the test and the professor decides to talk again...

8. When you move on to the second question and someone's already turning their exam in like...

9. ...and you can't help but think...

10. When you're trying to concentrate but everyone's cell phones keep going off...

11. When you turn in your midterm and it was a train wreck but you try to feign confidence...

12. When you try to function during the rest of the day but it just isn't happening...

13. When you were torn between bubbling in A or B but your friend says he bubbled in D...

14. How you feel when you get your grade back and you didn't fail the test and you can finally move on with your life...

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