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The Stages Of Finals Week

The stages of everyone's favorite week of the year as told by GIFs.

Michelle Pereira

May 09, 2016

University of Pennsylvania

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The year is coming to a close and instead of celebrating, you’re stuck in the bowels of the library studying till the crack of dawn. No matter how much coffee, Red Bull, or mac and cheese you eat, you can’t seem to cram a semester’s worth of material into three frantic, stressful days before the exam.

1. Optimism

You feel confident you are on top of it. You’ve made a schedule and color-coded everything— you’re going to kill finals week!

2. Not finding a seat in the library

The library all of a sudden seems to be filled to capacity and literally every seat is taken. Sometimes you gotta get creative with study spots:

3. The freakout

Probably will hit you around day two or three. You realize that there’s no way you can actually learn your entire calculus textbook in a day, and that you probably should have studied more during the semester.

4. Delirium

The freakout has hit you full swing now, and you’re breaching on the point of hysteria. Finals have turned you into some crazy person:

5. Binge eating

The coffee is wearing off, and you can’t risk falling asleep, so naturally you turn to food. Carboloading isn’t something only athletes do— right?

6. Not caring anymore

You’ve admitted defeat— you don’t care. There’s no way the amount of torture your body is undergoing can be in any way worth it.

7. Exhaustion

By now, you’re almost to the finish line, and probably around day four or five. You’re so close, but your body is giving out on you.

8. Freedom

You’re done! Freedom never tasted so sweet!

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