As the end of the semester looms closer on college campuses and finals week approaches, one reverberating sound can be heard in the air across all college campuses in the nation. If you’ve ever been a college student, you can probably guess what this unified echoing sound is. Yes, my friend, that would be the disgustingly pitiful sound of young adults’ mutual cries of of overexposure to sheer academic agony. During finals week, many college students lock themselves in the library for hours on end studying until they walk out the door with brains that more closely resemble mashed up hash brown potatoes rather than actual human brains. On the other hand, Christmas break is practically right around the bend, which is the sole kernel of hope many students are clinging onto in the horror of stress and tests.
If the cast of the popular television show New Girl were to describe the large variety of crazy events and emotions occurring on college campuses at the end of the semester, I’d imagine it’d look something like this:
1. Pre-finals week bliss.
2. Filling out an ungodly amount of end-of-course evaluations.
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3. Procrastinating studying to the last minute.
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4. The mini psychotic meltdown you have because you procrastinated studying to the last minute.
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5. Forgetting you're a human being who needs water to live and function.
6. Forgetting human beings also need food to live and function.
7. Overeating as a result of said forgetfulness and stress.
8. Second-guessing every life decision you've ever made up to this point, from contemplating your choice in major to that sketchy burrito you ate when you were 9 at summer camp.
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9. Wearing sweats every day and going makeup-less because seriously, who has the time when your GPA is at stake?
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10. The side effects of over-studying.
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11. Rereading the same paragraph or sentence over and over again because you realize you aren't actually comprehending any word in it.
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12. Feeling utterly overwhelmed by all of the information you’re supposed to absorb and retain.
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13. Sleep deprivation.
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15. Coming to terms with the actual possibility you could fail (an exam or a class).
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16. Packing up all of the stuff you're going to bring home for break.
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17. Saying goodbye to the friends you won’t get to see over break.
18. Feeling a huge weight lifted off your back when you turn in or mail back rental textbooks.
19. Looking at your tuition bill for next semester that just was posted.
20. Realizing you're done with finals and survived… well, kinda.
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The end of the semester is truly full of a crazy abundance of events and emotions, and Jess, along with her boys and
best friend CeCe, of
New Girl seem to describe them all immaculately. As finals-week draws near, college students will undoubtedly find themselves freaking out about anything and everything under the sun. However, it’s important to keep in mind that a well-deserved break from the academic agony is right around the corner.
