So we’re nearing the end of spring semester, filled with so much hope and yet so much fear. Ready for summer and the semester, and dreading what is going to come over the next two to three weeks, here’s some thoughts every college student has.

“Pain is temporary, GPA is forever.” I saw this on Facebook the other day and find it so relatable. For the next two weeks I might barely sleep and have to schedule in when I get my showers and eat food, but I need my GPA up. Must keep GPA up. Right?

“Do I really need a college degree?” I mean teachers don’t make that much anyway, and there is talk for raising minimum wage. I’m a great person. I’ve got some skills. Do I really need this degree?

“What do I need to pass this class?” Whether it be on a final paper, project, exam; or any combination of the three. You find yourself doing the math to figure out exactly what you need and how much effort you need to put in to make it out of each class alive.

“What is sleep?” I already can’t tell you the last time I went to bed before midnight. Sure an all-nighter probably isn’t going to help me pass a test, but it’ll help me turn in that 10-page paper due tomorrow that I just started. There just isn’t enough hours in the day to finish everything, to study for everything, something's gotta give.

“Coffee is my best friend.” Obviously when you aren’t getting any sleep, something has to come in to make up for it. Some sort of caffeine is necessary to function properly. Coffee is my weapon of choice, but have also seen people come to class in the morning with tea, Red Bull, and monster.

“Do I have to go to work today?” If you also have a job during college, you probably ask yourself this question quite often. For me, it’s for just about every single time I have to go in. Gotta pay for this college somehow though..

“Wait that’s due today?” With so much on your plate, how can you possible remember everything and when it’s due? I even have a color coded planner and yet, somehow still find myself asking this question.

“What am I doing next semester?” Or otherwise known as, "I have to do this again?" As if dealing with the finals and the papers and the projects, of course you have to add scheduling for next semester on the pile of stuff that needs to get done. For some reason, it takes me so long sitting in front of all the classes I could take to figure out a schedule. That plus meeting with your adviser, plus actually registering on time, then when one of those classes is closed..

“Why am I doing this again?” Oh right, I want to be a teacher, (Insert any other job here). Crap.

“Is it summer yet?” I just want it all to be over. Done. Finished. I want the sunshine and the beach and road trips, but most importantly; no school!

Soon enough though, it will all be over. The tests, and projects, and papers; they’ll all be finished. The grades will be out. The semester will come to an end. Summer will be upon us. Free until we return again in August.