Finals week, as someone recently described it to me, is the nightmare before Christmas. Here are the 5 things that you can't survive finals week without.

1. The library

During finals week, the library will be packed but it'll also be your best friend. I spent practically the entire week basically living there until it closed (at 2 a.m.) because I found that no matter how motivated I might have been, my dorm provided too many distractions or my bed would be calling for my sleep deprived self to take a nap for a couple hours.

2. Caffeine (duh)

This one is obvious. No matter what your choice in caffeine is, whether it's coffee, energy drinks or sodas etc. the amount of caffeine intake you consume will increase by at least 100%. At this point, I'm actually sick of drinking coffee.

3. Sleep

No matter how much you study, it won't matter if you don't sleep at all.

4. Notes and textbooks

Obviously an essential. Make sure you have everything you need too study before going to the library.

5. Friends to study with

Studying in groups can motivate you to actually study if everyone around you is studying too.