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An Open Letter To The Worst Semester Ever

You made me question everything.

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An Open Letter To The Worst Semester Ever
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Congratulations, you sucked. I don’t know what it is, but everyone tends to agree with me on this one. Every time I turned around, my friends and I were complaining about something. Classes, work, homework, sleep (or lack of it). This semester caused tons of tears, stress, and questioning if college was really for me.

Going into this semester, I actually thought (for the most part) that my classes would be semi-easy. And oh, was I wrong. No matter how hard I studied, I still seemed to fail every test. As organized as I was, I still managed to miss turning in assignments. And overall, I just laughed at my “sucky self” a lot this semester.

To add to the stress college students face throughout the semester, it is always hard when someone tries to tell you college is easy compared to the real world. Maybe that’s true, and maybe it’s not. Whatever the answer, if someone tries to tell you college really isn’t that hard, college students everywhere are here to back you up. Classes are difficult. If you work on the side as well, it is hard to manage everything. But keep your head up, we all know your life isn’t easy as a college student.

You are going to get through your finals. You are going to pass all your classes. And you’ll do it all again next semester (I’m partially writing this to tell myself).

So, to this wonderful (sarcasm) semester, thank you for kicking me in the a**. Thank you for making me question my life, if I’m smart enough, or if I can actually do college. All the mental breakdowns only made me a stronger person.

Sincerely,

A mentally broken down college student

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