The week before finals or dead week for some universities is considered the week when students are given time to study and reorganize their lives in order to prepare for the crazy week to come. However, other universities like Chapman are not provided with this luxury. Instead, the week before finals is what I consider to be our hell week. I’m going to explain to you why “hell week” or the week before finals is much more painful than the actual week of finals.
All of the projects.
The essays
Especially the group projects.
The additional anxiety you have about not only your projects, but your upcoming finals.
All of the discussion you tend to have about finals.
And finally, how professors seem to forget that you have other classes besides their own.
And the moment you remember that you still need to pass.