Finals week is quickly approaching and no one is quite sure how to feel about it. We all react to finals week differently: some of us stress and see it as our last hope of saving our grade while some of us calmly ignore finals and simply wing them. Similarly to grieving, college students tend to experience seven stages of finals week.

1. Denial

Finals still seem so far away! There’s plenty of time to study and finish all of the projects you’ve been putting off. You’ll get your life together soon and maybe even make a schedule of when each task needs to be completed by.

2. Procrastination

Finals are at the back of your mind as you watch another episode of your favorite show on Netflix and clean your room to procrastinate doing the reading you’re suppose to do. You’ll get to studying eventually, but right now there are way more fun things to do than preparing for your exams.

3. Motivation

Time passes and all of the sudden there’s one week until finals week. You start being productive and feel proud of yourself for getting most of your to do list accomplished. You start studying and feel proud that you're actually getting stuff done!

4. Panic

You realize that you don’t remember learning half of the material from your study guide and you feel like you have way too much to learn in just a week. There’s just way too much to do and there’s no way you can prepare for five finals in seven days!

5. Anger

You question how all of your professors could make your exams cumulative, and why you have to do a group project and take a final in the same week. You also get angry at your past self for not starting your projects earlier.

6. Bargaining

If you do well on this exam you promise that you’ll study earlier and harder for next finals week! You decide you'll be a better student and participate more in next semester's classes if you get a good grade for this semester's courses!

7. Acceptance

You realize that you tried your best on your exams and there’s only so much worrying you can do. You shift your focus to packing and going home for the holidays. You pat yourself on the back for surviving another finals week and celebrate by sleeping for two days straight.