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The Stages of Studying for Finals, As Told by Christmas Movies

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

Whenever someone asks if you’ve started studying for finals: NO! Just no!

 

Procrastinating:

There’s nothing better for avoiding responsibility than Netflix.

 

Finally facing the fact that you have to study:

This is the worst form of torture.

 

Trying to make a study schedule to keep yourself on track:

It’s really just a means for more procrastination.

 

Fighting the urge to just throw in the towel:

Push through!

 

Telling yourself that you’ll take just a 10-minute break:

That 10 minutes turns into two hours pretty quickly.

 

When your friends ask you to go out with them:

You deserve a night off.

 

Walking into the test room:

A little faith can go a long way.

 

Walking out of the test room:

Now that that’s done, you can finally watch Netflix without feeling guilty.

 

Finding out that your grades are in:

PANIC.

 

Discovering you did better than you expected:

What a time to be alive.

 

Or maybe you did worse:

There’s always next semester.

 

Whatever the results, at least you have a stress-free, study-free break to recover:

“Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal, and Happy New Year!”

Hannah Underwood is a freshman Journalism Studies major at Texas A&M University. An avid sports fan and future sports reporter, she spends most of her time rooting for her Houston Texans and Fightin' Texas A&M Aggies. When not watching sports, however, you can find her studying the Bible, attempting to catch up on the pop culture moments she's missed (Hello, American Horror Story!), or on Twitter @hannahbunderwoo. Psalms 23:4. Thanks and gig 'em!
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." – Ernest Hemingway Carina received her B.A. in English from Texas A&M University in May 2019. She was employed on campus at the University Writing Center as a Writing Consultant and in the Department of English as a Digital Media Assistant. She was the Editor-in-Chief for the Her Campus at TAMU chapter and was also the President of TAMU’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor Society. She previously interned with the Her Campus National Team as a Chapter Advisor and with KVIA ABC-7 News as a News Correspondent Assistant.