Taking a regular biology class in college is hard enough. This semester I decided to step up my game and take an upper-level college biology class. For all of you new college students, just wait until you get past biology 101, it only gets worse from there, I promise. When studying for my recent exam, I went through these six phases:

1. Study

This consists of 12 plus hours of highlighting, reading, highlighting, writing, and oh, yeah... more highlighting. Did I mention highlighting? Because everything, and I mean EVERYTHING feels the need to be important. To add to this, you eventually realize that you actually are going to need this somewhere in your career and debate your major choice because you cannot tell the difference between telomerase and ligase.

2. Handed Test

Alright, well let's say a Hail Mary and hope for the best because at this point nothing more can be done.

3. Page One

You know what? This is going to be OK. I might actually get through this alive. Needless to say, this page includes matching and multiple choice.

4. True/False

"I know it is false, but I don't know how to make it true." Beads of sweat start to arise as one realizes that everything is going downhill from here.

5. The Short Answer

Often times, your answer will be shorter than the question you have to decipher out of the paragraph you are instructed to read. It sounds to oneself as if you are reading an Asian language rather than English. Tables start spinning and you think you are in Russian Literature rather than Genetics.

6. The "I'm done"

When you faithfully get to that last question, you just put down whatever comes to mind even though you are probably dead wrong. You drop your pen, hand in your paper, leave the room and debate your major choice.