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What Finals Week Is Really Like As Told By “The Office”

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Nicole Jacobs Student Contributor, University of Illinois - Chicago
UIC Contributor Student Contributor, University of Illinois - Chicago
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UIC chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Ah, our favorite time of the semester is here, final exam week. It can be really stressful and may look something like this

Some of us studious college students may be hitting the books and pulling all nighters, while other students don’t care as much as they should and feel like this

You realize you’re not supposed to be out all night partying because you should really be hitting the books and start taking finals seriously.

Studying becomes overwhelming and you feel like giving up. You start to wonder if you chose the right major and question your future career.

You manage to start actually studying and focusing on your classes, but then you realize studying makes you hungry… all the time.

You spent the last couple of weeks staying true to your healthy eating habits, but finals have you craving something with tons of carbs. So this kind of happened…on multiple occasions    

After countless hours of staring at your computer screen and flipping through notes and textbooks, you feel like this.

You start to do everything and anything not related to finals. You feel like your head is going to explode and start to do crazy things, that might look something like this.

Once you finish with your silly shenanigans, you begin to start studying again. You probably drank way more coffee than you should’ve (But that’s okay) and start looking something like this

So the time is here and you take your exams. You felt good about some of your finals, but others you’re completely sure you bombed. 

All that really matters to you is that you’re finally through with finals week and can start packing your things to go back home for winter break. Hey, you might even have a little happy dance for your accomplishment.

So it turns out you survived finals week, actually passed all your classes, and felt a tremendous weight lifted off of your shoulders. Now you can enjoy Winter break with your family and friends stress free!

Happy Holidays!

Nicole is a proud city girl born and raised in beautiful Chicago. She is currently a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago as a Business Marketing major and a part of the Women's Line Up Team at Nike Chicago. She loves everything to do with fitness & health, music, urban life, and sports! In her spare time she loves to run, ride her fixie along the lakefront, do yoga, and volunteer! She is a die hard Chicago Bulls fan with a huge sweet tooth. Nicole's dream is to have a career in marketing with a focus in brand management or advertisement and sales promotion.
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