No matter whether you're a freshman or a returning student, the first week of classes can be rough. Luckily, you aren't alone and have plenty of other students across the world who share your struggles.

1. Attending your first 8 a.m. class of the semester

2. When "syllabus week" is actually "syllabus for ten minutes" and the professor goes straight to lecture...

3. ...and already discussing the first exam.

4. Meeting with your academic adviser when classes don't work out

5. Actually getting sleep

6. Realizing how much you still need to spend on textbooks

7. When you also have to buy an access code to do your homework

8. Having to rely on classmates for group work

9. Trying to make a 15 minute walk take only 5 minutes

10. Somehow managing to get to class on time after doing that

11. Realizing how much work you already have to do

12. Finishing one assignment and immediately having to start another

13. Trying to make it to the weekend

14. Going to school in a state with dramatic weather changes on an hourly basis

15. Meeting up with friends again for the first time since leaving in May

16. Getting ready for the first night on the town

17. Knowing that despite classes, homework, and all the stress that school entails, you wouldn't rather be anywhere else or with anyone else

It may have been a long first week, but here's to the rest of the semester!