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The 12 Stages of Realizing How Soon Finals Week Actually Is

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Pitt chapter.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… right?! Most people are still recovering from their Thanksgiving food comas & getting excited about the fact that Christmas is less than a month away. But for every college student, this time of year means one thing: the pending doom of finals week awaits us. Here are the 12 stages we’re all about to experience as this semester comes to a close! 

1. Panic mode has officially set in.

2. But you immediately resume avoiding all responsibilities and pretend everything’s ok.

3. When you finally write the first sentence of that 10 page final paper that’s due.

4. You start calculating exactly how terrible you can afford to do on the final to still pass the class.

5. And then your professor says your lowest test score will be dropped.

6. You start spending so much time in the library that you’re considering setting up a bed and sleeping there.

7. You might as well take your coffee through an IV at this point.​

8. You’ve resorted to stress-eating everything in sight.​

9. When someone asks you if you started studying yet.

10.…And then they tell you they haven’t started yet either.​

11. But in all seriousness, when someone casually asks “how are you?” you actually want to respond with:

12. But in the end it’s all good, because you know that in 2 weeks, another semester will be in the books and it will be CHRISTMAS BREAK!

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Julia is a Media and Professional Communciations major at the University of Pittsburgh. She loves photography, dogs, scary movies, and singing in the car! She is very excited to be a part of the Her Campus team and to grow as a writer.
Hi! I'm Jessie and I am currently dual majoring in communication and non-fiction writing at The University of Pittsburgh. I am also the Senior Editor for Pitt's Her Campus! I emulate everything Carrie Bradshaw and can watch Breakfast At Tiffany's everyday for the rest of my life. You can usually find me blasting country music a little too loud while wearing a floppy hat.