The end of a semester is a bittersweet time. Once students return from fall break the truth finally starts to set in that in a couple short weeks the semester will be behind them and the holidays will be here.

However, during this time many students can get highly overwhelmed. The list of final projects you told yourself you had forever to complete, well the deadline is coming up very soon. But don't worry, you always manage to get it done somehow. You just might have to cut back on socializing, sleeping, and showering.

You begin realizing that there's very little left you can do to alter the grade you have. This far into the semester everything is beginning to get settled in. You begin using every website known to mankind attempting to figure out what your final grade would be. This is typically when the true panic begins to sink in. If you really want to get freaked out, calculate your GPA while you're at it. Some of us have already made a casket for our GPA. R.I.P. little guy... you held on for so long.

On top of worrying about this semester, you also begin worrying about what classes you're taking next semester. Constantly checking your spot on a wait-list or trying to plan when during the day you will get to eat, do homework, or even breathe. It's during this unique time period you have the weight of two semesters on your shoulders.

Although there's so much to worry about during this time of the year, there's so much to be grateful for. Once you get past the next couple weeks you get almost a solid month of breath time. You can mentally prepare yourself for what's next to come. During this period you get to spend extra time with the ones you enjoy the most. Although it may impossible to get there you will, you can survive the end of the semester. It's not the end of the world, jus the end of the semester. It happens approximately every 12 weeks.