Maybe you're a freshman, maybe you're a senior. Whatever the case, there is one common trend among all college students: procrastination. Sure, we could say that we tried our hardest to write the paper in time, but let's all be honest with ourselves and admit to what happened through out the semester. If you won't admit it to yourself, who better to show you than Ben Wyatt, Human Disaster.

Receiving the Assignment

At some point in the semester your professor gave you a paper or project worth a solid chunk of your grade and told you the most common phrase, "You can't do this in one night." It wasn't the first time you heard it, and it won't be the last time. Everything was going to be OK.

Initial Surge of Energy

You've done papers in one night before, and they've turned out just fine, but maybe you were a little too stressed and promised yourself that the next paper you wrote wouldn't be written during a coffee-induced haze at Middleton the night before it was due. You came home from classes, sat down at your desk and tried to get at least a little research done.

Realization That You Have No Idea What to Do

The unfortunate thing about starting a paper when it's announced is that your professor hasn't taught you anything relevant to the paper and probably won't for a while. "Who cares? I still have weeks to get this done," you say to yourself as you close out of Moodle and start binge-watching "Game of Thrones."

Excuses

So your professor has just taught you about the topic of your paper, and you write down in your planner that now is the time to start working. But then you see that you also have calculus homework, a statistics test, chemistry lab and formal (not to mention painting the cooler) all during this week. There's just no way you can fit the paper, and honestly it's not due until next Thursday.

Running Out of Time

Your paper is due in two days, and you barely understand the concept. You go to your professor only to be met with remarks about how you shouldn't have waited until the last minute. So you stop by a gas station on the way home and buy a pack of Red Bull. You'll need it.

The All-Nighter

Here you are again. Middleton. It's funny how you always end up there the night before something is due. Go get your CC's and find a quiet corner because you're not leaving anytime soon.

The End

Sometime around 5 a.m. you finally reach the end of your journey. You submit it to moodle, and triumphantly walk out of Middleton and to your car. You have a 9 a.m. class and very little time for sleep.

The Morning After

Much like a Tuesday morning after T-Shirt Night, the morning after writing a paper is full of over-caffeinated beverages and sunglasses that never leave your face. You promise yourself that next time it will be different, but we all know that next week you'll be back in the same cubicle cramming for your physics test.

It could be worse. At least it's not Ice Town.