1. When all the professors schedule tests on the same day.
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2. And their dates inch closer and closer.
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3. When you have so much to do that you get home and just sleep.
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4. And you contemplate dropping out of college.
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5. When you finally get your game face on and start studying a day before exams.
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6. How your desk looks after you pull an all-nighter.
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7. When you and your crew give up and open a bottle of wine.
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8. When you wake up on exam day and charge into the classroom.
Liberty Leading the People, Eugene Delacroix, 1830
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9. Then you read the first question and donât understand anything.
Boy Bitten by a Lizard, Caravaggio, 1593-1594
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10. So you sit there and contemplate how to become a millionaire overnight.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet, Vincent Van Gogh, 1890
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11. The look you get when your friend gets an A and doesnât even study.
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12. Or when you get to class and realize there is an exam youâd forgotten about.
The Scream, Edvard Munch, 1893
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13. The freedom when you are done with your tests.
La Danse, Henri Matisse, 1910
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14. How you look when you know you aced your exams.
Louis XIV, Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1701
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15. The jangueo afterwards regardless of the results.
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