At the University of Maine, the first few weeks of getting into the groove of college can be delightful, and then a few things happen.

You look at the syllabus and realize that even though you're only three weeks into the semester, you have four prelims coming up in all of your classes, because at the University of Maine, prelim season is every season.

1. The realization that you have two exams next week.

I don't know whether to study or panic or just go cry over a bowl of ramen.

2. When you have to study for exams for Dufour and/or Bio 100

So basically you have to memorize 20392837502 terms

3. When you're done with an exam, but you're not sure if you passed or not so you do a half celebration

I kind of deserve this?

4. When you have that one online prelim that you can literally do in bed (Thank-you CHF 201)

This will forever be the greatest gift that the University could give us. Besides a snow-day or just cancelling class or the prelim in general.

No, I don't wa-–okay fine you can order me OHOP or Thai Orchid...

6. When a professor says you can have a "cheat sheet" and then the day of the exam, they say you have to hand them in and it was just so you would actually study.

No. Go home.

7. "This is what is going to be on the exam. Do you understand?"

Um perhaps not.

8. When you have to give yourself that tiny little pep talk before you actually start the prelim.

You can do this, you can do this, you can do this. Oh sh*t, what's Medulla again?

9. When you're pretty sure you just aced that exam, even though it was probably your easiest class and you didn't have to study that hard for it.

But I mean, c'mon. You still did well. You deserve a gold star and some other recreational gifts!