This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Guelph chapter.
Remember that one elective you have that you definitely haven’t been keeping up with? That exam is gonna be an interesting one…
Pre-Exam Anxiety: the panic of “I definitely didn’t study enough for this!”
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Shock: initial paralysis at hearing the bad news
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Denial: trying to avoid the inevitable
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Anger: frustrated outpouring of bottled-up emotion
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Bargaining: seeking in vain a way out – ie. calculating the highest possible grade you can get
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Depression: final realization of the inevitable
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Testing: seeking realistic solutions – ie. the sudden urge to pray
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Acceptance: finally finding the way forward – ie. promising yourself that you’ll study more next semester when you may or may not have to retake the class
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Adopted from the Modified Kubler-Ross Model of the 7 Stages of Grief: https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/grief/understanding-the-stages-of-grief/