Hello, you superstar student,

I am here to wish you good luck on your exams, projects, and presentations this week. While I know that you are wondering how you even got this far in the semester and how you’re managing to function on a daily basis, I want to give you some words of advice for this finals season.

My first words of advice is that sleep is the most important. For all of you who think pulling all-nighters every day with six Redbull’s and four venti iced coffees from Starbucks will help you get that A, you’re wrong. I say this from experience, PLEASE SLEEP. There is nothing worse than being so tired that your head bobbles up and down as you read the first question on an exam over and over and over again. I repeat, please sleep!

Next, please eat! I know some people get really distracted with what they’re doing and forget to actually eat but it’s so necessary. Avocados are said to help you focus because of their natural fats, so load up on those or even some guacamole at the least. Also, nobody in the library wants to hear the nasty sounds of someone’s stomach gurgling, so save us all from those noises. You’ll be glad you did, I promise! Don’t over eat though, either. Stress can get the best of all of us and we binge on junk food and just over eat in general, and then we regret that too when studying. Find yourself a happy medium.

Next word of advice- you’ve made it this far so don’t give up. All of the classes you attended, the notes you took, the lectures you listened to, the homework you turned in, and the group projects you suffered through, will all pay off after this week. You haven’t made it this far just to say “I quit”. All of us fellow students understand your pain and we are all in the same boat, so know that you’re not alone. We all look forward to the home cooked meals, no alarms waking us up every morning, and the daily stress of classes and patiently waiting for professors to reply to your emails. You will make it through, I will make it through, and all of us will make it through this season of struggle. Push through it and do your best because I know you can!

My last word of advice is to never wish time away. Even though finals are a really stressful time, just remember all of the memories and people you have met through all of your classes each semester that you can’t picture your life without. As much as some of us are ready to start our lives in the “real world” these will be the best years of our lives people say, so make sure to keep that in mind when you are wishing you could just graduate already.

Enjoy your finals everyone and good luck with exams!