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The 5 Stages Of Grief Before An Exam

College: The place where you learn to put the "pro" in procrastination.

Jordan Smith

Nov 09, 2016

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Let's get real, college is a dangerous game of waiting until the last possible second to write a paper or study for an exam. Most of the time we win by the grace of God and sometimes... we lose. Some weeks there are no upcoming assignments. Some weeks there are 3 papers, 3 exams, and 2 online quizzes due. It seems before our most important exams is when we are more apt to test our procrastination skills. Let's explore this "hypothetical" scenario that has "never happened to us."

Stage 1: Denial

It's Saturday night, and there's a huge exam on Tuesday. That's 3 days, including the day of the exam, to study. That's plenty of time to prepare, right? You got this. Time to party.

Stage 2: Anger

So it's now Sunday morning (or let's get real probably closer to 11am) and you wake up. You're either very, very hungover or very, very unmotivated, and the only thing on your mind is a greasy fast food breakfast. Why does there have to be a huge exam on Tuesday, and why do you have to spend time studying for it? Why God?!

Stage 3: Bargaining

Okay, so at this point it is very late Sunday possibly early Monday, and you realize you have gotten nothing done. You praised yourself on getting some notes out but then Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat took over. It's panic mode. How will you learn 6 chapters in one day?! You're almost running out of hope, and you decide to calculate the lowest grade you can receive and still get an A. Or a B. Or possibly even just to pass the class. You spend time meticulously calculating every scenario instead of just STUDYING FOR THE EXAM.

Stage 4: Depression

Monday evening has finally creeped up, and you are freakinggg out. You think there's no way in hell you are going to pass this. Which, to you, automatically means you may fail the class. You've been studying for hours, and your're not sure that you even understand the material. Depression sinks in hard. It's going to be a long night.

Stage 5: Acceptance

It's the morning of the exam. You walk to class and prepare to take the exam. You stayed up way later than you'd like to admit. You start to peak at your notes before the exam, but you realize your knowledge is as good as it's going to get. Minutes later you begin the exam and... you know more than you thought you would. Thank God. You realize that you may not get an A, but you may not fail after all.

Remember. This has never happened to us because we are "exemplary students", right?

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The 5 Stages Of Grief Before An Exam

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Stage 1: Denial

Stage 2: Anger

Stage 3: Bargaining

Stage 4: Depression

Stage 5: Acceptance

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All names should be "unisex names."

1. Communicating via email can be awkward.

2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

I get it... I'm pale.

1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

The struggle bus is real.

1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

Because you need it in your life.

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!