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10 Stages We All Experience When Facing Finals Week: As Told by the Office

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

When suddenly your teacher decides to make the final exam cumulative:

When you realize the exam, you’ve known about since the first day of class is tomorrow, you’ve attended class twice, haven’t started studying, and never picked up the class textbook:

When you complain to your friends about how doomed you are for your exam and they try to convince you that going out will somehow “make the situation better” or “get your mind off it”:

Studying with friends or classmates isn’t always productive or helpful. We’ve all experienced this when studying with friends, there is always one know-it-all:

12 Hours into cramming, your brain feels numb and your eyes feel like they need to be held open with toothpicks. When all hope is officially lost, admitting defeat begins:

Awake for over 24-hours, unable to remember the last time you showered, ate, or left the library; now on your walk of shame from the library to your final exam:

When you walk into the classroom and suddenly forget everything you just taught yourself:

Walking out of the exam and realizing you managed to have pulled it off once again:

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Larry is the feature writer at Her Campus covering entertainment, lifestyle, and relationship news. He is a huge fan of Ariana Grande. Also, he is always providing helpful tips on how to be your best self. When he’s not writing at HC, he is either working out at the gym, exploring coffee shops, or touring the city for the best pizza spots.