It seems like just yesterday it was January and we were moving back in from winter break (on the other hand, to some it may seem like the semester started 5 years ago and has been a never ending nightmare). Nevertheless, whatever your feelings on this past school year has been, there are some tell-tale signs that summer is near and quite truthfully, we couldn't be more grateful.
Your bank account is struggling
Whether it is your bank account or your dining dollars…you’re out of them. Which leaves you scavenging around for that last $.20 you need to buy that ramen noodle gourmet meal.
Professors start mentioning the semester-long project that seemed “so far away” at the time
Sitting in class at the beginning of the year not really listening to the professor talk about a big project due at the end of the semester because “that is just so far away I’m not going to worry about it now.” Well, that “far away” is next week and it isn’t even started.
Finding an empty table in the library is like winning the lottery
Walking into the library during finals week is essentially a death trap, people crying, people in denial, people everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Forget sitting at that table you have been frequenting all year, just squeeze in where ever you find room.
Everyone under God’s green earth has seemingly become sick
It never fails that right before finals one person gets sick and two days later the rest of campus is also sick. Fighting through the bubonic plague while trying to study for finals is a feeling that has become all too familiar.
Your outfit game is at an all time low
On your way to class/finals, you look down astonished that you actually walked out of the house looking like you do. The worst part is that not one ounce of your being even cares (okay, maybe a little but ain't nobody got time for that, there is studying to do).
Your sleep cycle has become comical
Forget naps and forget that good night sleep, sleeping for 3 hours a night has become normal. So normal that when you tell people, you immediately wonder why they are looking at you with such horror.
You have started calculating every possible way to get an A
We all have that one website bookmarked to determine how low of a grade we can get on the final to still have an A in the class…or at the very least a passing grade in the class.
Group projects.
For whatever reason every professor has decided that an end of the year group project would be a great idea, the only problem is that you hate people as much as you hate projects and trying to figure out a time for five college students to meet up for hours at a time to get the project done is basically an impossible task.
You have run out of everything, but it makes for a great arm workout violently shaking that bottle of shampoo to make sure it lasts you
Forget about buying a new bottle of shampoo with just a week left in the semester. You better believe I am shaking that bottle like there is no tomorrow to make sure it lasts me.
No one shows up to class because they have saved up all of their skips
You would think that end of the semester review sessions would be popular but no, alas, it never fails to show up to your 8:00am to see that 4 out of 45 people have shown up.
And those who do show up you’re left wondering if they have actually been in this class all year
But those who do actually show up are the ones who have failed to show up for class all semester and have come to the realization that they have to show face at some point. Are you sure you even go here?
Your room is a hot mess (minus the hot, double the mess)
Between frantic mad dashes to get to class on time, and spending every waking second in the library, forget having the time to clean. That mountain of clothes on your bed is just going to have to do for now.
