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So April's almost over and this semester has gone by super fast! However, the last few weeks always seem to drag even though we have projects, papers, presentations and finals to worry about. It seems as though professors try to jam as much as they can within the last couple weeks, and it makes us want to pull our hair out.

The weather is warmer, and the last thing we want to do is sit in class and listen to a lecture when we could be literally doing anything else. The sad truth is that around this time of year when we aren't in class we're working on some type of assignment. The end seems so close, but yet so far way. We are about at our breaking point when our mind is on everything else but what we're supposed to be working on. I find myself working on a paper and next thing I know I am online shopping.

What I really want to be doing is laying on a beach somewhere, hanging out with my friends and family by the pool, not writing out a billion notecards. We start to question our sanity because we feel like we never get through, and everything seems to be piling up. We make lists, lots of them. We also drink lots of coffee in hopes that it will give us that extra jump start that we know we need these days.

It's extremely hard to stay motivated when all you can think about is the freedom that the summer brings. With three finals in one day, and a presentation every week it's hard to stay positive, but it is doable! It takes a strong soul to get through this point in the semester but with some hard work and determination, and a little less Netflix, we will somehow get through.


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