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7 Days of College Midterms Week, told by 'Parks and Rec' GIFs

Our friends from 'Parks and Rec' give some great (and not so great) strategies to cope with midterms.

Sarah McAvoy

Oct 22, 2018

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1. Sunday scaries

You know the feeling. It's Sunday night before the exam week begins, and of course there is no chance in getting a full hour of sleep. There's people being way too loud in the hallway, and you stayed up way too late trying to force yourself to crack open a textbook. But that's okay! Monday will probably be a little rough in the morning, but maybe it won't be so bad.

2. Monday

You were wrong. Monday, like every other Monday, did not run smoothly and the lack of sleep is hitting you hard. How is the rest of this week going to go? It's a scary thought, and it's time to at least try to pull it together if you want to survive this week.

3. Tuesday

The scramble to get it together might not be working out the way you planned by Tuesday. Hope may be temporarily lost. But a cup of coffee and a dream can get you through a couple more days if you really try.

4. Wednesday

Wednesday means that the end of midterms is so close, yet so, so, far away. If you have any more exams to take, it feels like there are only a couple thousand more blue books to fill out. The walls are closing in, but it's fine, everything's fine.

5. Thursday

There is a special place in Heaven for professors who make the exam a take-home paper. But of course, in the rush of studying, these papers get put off and ranked lower and lower on the priority list, until it is the very last minute. Like the 11:59 pm submission for the paper due at midnight. But Ron Swanson has a couple tricks to meet the word limit on that paper before the deadline!

6. Friday

It's finally the end! Friday is always a reason to celebrate, but if you still have exams left to take by Friday...it might bring on Chris Traeger's perfect storm of emotions.

7. Saturday

Take heed of the wise words of Tom Haverford and Donna Meagle and TREAT YO' SELF on Saturday. It's been too many long days and late nights of testing, so treat yo' self on midterm break and relax.

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7 Days of College Midterms Week, told by 'Parks and Rec' GIFs

Our friends from 'Parks and Rec' give some great (and not so great) strategies to cope with midterms.

In This Article:

1. Sunday scaries

2. Monday

3. Tuesday

4. Wednesday

5. Thursday

6. Friday

7. Saturday

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"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" by Michael Buble

"Last Christmas" by Taylor Swift

"The Christmas Song" by Josh Groban

"White Christmas" by Idina Menzel

"O Holy Night" by David Archuleta

"Believe" by Josh Groban

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12. But, you fight through the tears to get everything done because you're determined.

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