It is finally that time of the year where all you want do is cry and give up all hope: finals week. Everything you have been learning has led up to this week, and it could not be anymore stressful. Finals week always seems to sneak up on you and never gets any easier. Here are just some of the stages students go through during these tough times.

1. Panicking because finals is only one week away.

2. Realizing you are going to have to sacrifice sleeping to study.

3. Trying to be smart and study a week in advance.

4. Looking at the finals schedule and seeing you have one on the last day at the last time.

5. Now it is actually finals week, and all you have done is have a series of mental breakdowns.

6. Walking into your first final and literally praying for the best.

7. Seeing the first question and already wanting give up and leave.

8. Leaving the final knowing it was tragic.

9. Hoping for the best on the take home final you are passing in.

10. Realizing you have more finals and you still have to study.

11. Drinking so much caffeine to stay awake and study.

12. Just giving up on everything because you literally can't anymore.

13. Studying for your last and hardest final.

14. Getting back from your last final exhausted, dead, defeated, and extremely tired.

15. Throwing away everything because you are finally done with everything.

16. But hey, finals are over, and you survived!!