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

Syllabus week— fondly referred to as “Chillabus week”— has its ups and its downs. Who can express the syllabus week feelings better than America’s golden girl Amy Schumer?

When your professor had a chili pepper on RateMyProfessor, but you get to class and strongly disagree.

When the professor starts lecturing on the first day instead of just letting you leave.

Trying to make in-class friends so you’ll have someone to get notes from like…

“There’s no attendance policy, but I still expect you to attend lecture.”

You look runway-ready on the first day.

But then remember how hard it is to get up early enough to look decent every day.

This week seems like the perfect time to get those fitness resolutions started, but then you get to UREC and life gets hard.

You’re not one to go out during the week, but your friends are persistent.

The week is finally over, and you realize it only gets harder from here.

Aleixka has a B.A. in Media Arts and Design and a minor in Spanish from James Madison University. She loves all things books, traveling, food, and photography.