So the end of the semester is approaching and that means...

But sometimes, it's really hard to get motivated. Here are some of the struggles of the final month of school and some methods of getting past them with the help of Troy, Gabriella and the rest of your favorite Wildcats.

1) When your professor decides to give you an extra assignment in the last and most stressful month of school.

Adding even one more thing to your plate at this point is just cruel. Sometimes, it seems like professors are not aware that you have 48,000 other things going on at the moment.

2) When you just can't bring yourself to do homework because summer is so close and there are so many Netflix shows, Youtube videos and Spotify playlists calling your name.

Don't worry, you're not alone in succumbing to these distractions and procrastinating until the very last minute. Thinking about how I felt the last time I put off an assignment until I had to stay up all night writing it and then be a functional human in class for the rest of the day sometimes motivates me to never do that to myself again. But other times, the urge to re-watch Troy and Gabriella's epic love story is too great.

3) When you have that one friend who is always on top of her life and never understands your constant state of stress.

NO, KELSEY, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. Good for you if you have your life together. But you don't understand.

4) When all you want to do is dance out your frustrations on a random golf course in the middle of the desert.

Or in the abandoned school hallways at night.

Or in a junkyard with your BFF.

There are a lot of options, really.

5) When you're running on 4 hours of sleep for three days in a row and your crankiness knows no bounds.

This is the time of year when our inner Sharpay is in danger of taking over.

6) When you psych yourself up for that last exam before you can go home.

And then you get out of the test and you're free!

And there's not a star in heaven that you can't reach.

7) When you start thinking about your future and would like to immediately stop thinking about your future.

Hey, if Troy made it into (*spoiler alert*) Juilliard at the end of HSM 3, then you can accomplish your dreams, too!

8) When you have to leave your friends at the end of the semester and it pains you.

Maybe some of us don't get quite as dramatic as Gabriella when she needs to "go her own way," but saying goodbye is always something that comes too fast at the end of the semester and it is harder than you think it will be.

When this time of the year gets you down and all else fails, feel free to use my method of easing my stress: watching the East High Wildcats and pretending I am in 5th grade again. Bonus: if you still have all the words to all the songs memorized, the experience is 10x better. Just remember, if you ever feel alone or like nobody will ever understand the pressure you're under, don't worry...