Does this scenario sound familiar?
It’s a typical Tuesday sometime in the middle of the semester during your last year of college. You wake up like any other day and decide, “I’m going to skip class today.” So you skip class and decide to re-watch season one of One Tree Hill on Netflix. The next thing you know, it is 9 p.m. and you remember that you have a HUGE midterm tomorrow morning. You panic for a moment and rush off to get all your notes in order and try to study. You sit down at your desk and start reading through your notes and answering the first question of the study guide. You look up on your laptop and see that you have a new email so you read it and respond. Then, all of a sudden, the next thing you know you’re Facebook stalking your ex-boyfriend’s sister’s husband’s cousin, twice removed and it’s 2 a.m. You realize you haven’t even completed question one on the study guide and so you decide to wake up early the next morning and cram before the test. You end up sleeping though your six alarms and rush to class right on time to fail the test.
If so, it’s pretty likely that you —or someone you know—is suffering from senioritis.
The four major symptoms include:
1. Laziness
This comes in all forms and feeds into many of the underlying symptoms of senioritis. Whether it is wearing sweats to class or not to even going to class, it’s obvious who is and who isn’t suffering from this debilitating disease just by noticing who still puts in some effort.
2. Persistent apathy
The prime example being: “I’m so over college. Yawn.” It’s such a shame to see those with so much potential fall victim to the boredom bug.
3. Lack of motivation
This mindset is one of the most hampering of all the symptoms and goes hand-in-hand with laziness. There’s no need to get out of bed today, or any day.
4. Procrastination (through reasoning)
While this is a commonly practiced behavior during all years of college, its climax just so happens to fall during the last year. You keep telling yourself you’ll be fine if you just check your email/Facebook/Twitter really quickly and then start that 10 page research paper.
Other symptoms may include:
– Complaining about the amount of work you have (but never actually doing it)
– Reliving the “glory” days of freshmen year
– Mastering social networking sites (is it too late to change your major to FACEBOOK DETECTIVE?)
– Contemplating life choices (is your degree REALLY worth it? Does Cirque Du Soleil provide benefits?)
– Constant mood changes varying on the amount of stress (and alcohol)
– Going “green” (i.e. not bringing your notebook or pens to class, if you even show up at all)
-Lacking the time management skills you acquired during the last three years
-Not finishing something you star…
No, but seriously. While the symptoms of senioritis may vary, there is only one known cure: GRADUATION.
So collegiettes, while you may be using senioritis as an excuse for not putting any effort into your school work, remember that you’re not there yet. Just keep calm and graduate.