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11 Things You’ll Only Understand If You’re a Final Year Student

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

1.       You’re attempting to balance your dissertation with as much Ocean as you can – because, you know, #YOSO (You’re Only a Student Once).

 

2.       At the same time, you’ve become so well-acquainted with the library that the night-time staff are like family.

 

3.       …which means most of the time you look like this:

 

4.       You feel guilty when you attempt to catch up with Grey’s Anatomy because there is definitely something more useful you could be doing.

 

5.       Living off Subway/Domino’s/anything you can get your hands on is normal.

 

6.       You have spontaneous panic attacks about the empty void that is your life post-June.

 

7.       You have formed an odd bucket list of things you need to do in Notts before you leave – that Robin Hood statue has never seemed so appealing. If you haven’t, no fear – here’s one we made earlier.

 

8.       You snort with disgust when you hear first-years complaining about deadlines.

 

9.       You have developed a needy, dependent, slightly desperate relationship with coffee, Redbull, Pro-Plus, Ben & Jerry’s – or all of the above.

 

10.       You’ve (almost) effectively learnt the perfect expression needed in response to the question: ‘What are your plans after graduation?’ 

 

11.       Her Campus has been favourited on your browser – where better to go to forget your final-year stress? 

 

Sheetal studied History at the University of Nottingham and was Campus Correspondent during her final year, before graduating in July 2014. She is currently jumping between jobs, whilst still writing for HC in her spare time. She may or may not be some of these things: foodie, book addict, world traveller (crazy dreamer!), lover of cheese, Australian immigrant, self-proclaimed photographer, wannabe dancer, tree hugger, lipstick ruiner, curly-haired and curious. She hopes for world peace and dreams that someday, cake will not make you fat.