10 Signs You’re A Freshman Experiencing Finals Week For The First Time
Theses are the most common signs you’re a freshman who is experiencing finals week for the first time!
1. You walk into the library at 4 pm on your first reading day, expecting to actually find a seat.
Life hack: all the upperclassmen take rotating shifts with their friends! Someone gets there really early to reserve a table for their friends, that way they have the table for the whole day. Avoid the awkwardness of moping around for 20 minutes and still finding nowhere to sit! Of course this is number one on the signs you’re a freshman list!
2. Discovering the art of cramming
You leave all of your studying until the week of or before finals, then realize you probably should’ve started studying during Thanksgiving Break. The older kids were right…
3. You spend more money on Monster or Red Bull than anything else combined.
Some people have cases of Red bull and Monster in their dorms. You, unfortunately, didn’t think this far ahead. Energy drinks for $3 from the vending machine will have to suffice!
4. Thank God for the Starbucks Truck!
For once, you actually wait online at the Starbucks truck since it takes meal swipes, for no matter how long it takes, everyday during the week that it’s there. And get two drinks. And use a guest swipe.
5. No time or money for food.
Now that the semester is coming to a close, you realize how broke college has really made you. And… the freshman fifteen MIGHT be getting to you. You scrounge to finish the rest of the snacks in your room but neglect to use any of the 100 meal swipes you have remaining.
6. Walking zombie on the loose
You realize the lack of sleep you got during the semester is nothing compared to the half an hour power naps you’ll take, face down in your books, throughout the 24 hours you spend in the same chair.
7. So many meal swipes left, so little time
Since you were forced to get a large meal plan because you’re a first year student, you mentally prepare yourself for how mad your parents will get that you didn’t use enough meal swipes. And with the cramming you have to do this week, going all the way to Kilmer’s just isn’t an option.
8. You can’t just study the night before your exam, like you did in high school, and expect to do really well
You realize how different college really is than high school, and accept that you’re gonna need some sort of miracle to get the GPA you expected this semester. College is harder than it seems. This is a true one of those signs you’re a freshman.
9. The parties can wait
You reminisce on Syllabus Week and wish you could tell your September self to focus more on getting work done. Going out every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday is so unnecessary!
10. The Struggling to Do Well And Not Lose Our Minds Club!
You meet new people that are going through the same struggles as you, be it in the library, at Brower, or waiting online for caffeine. As much as finals week is rough, all students band together and get each other through the hardest few weeks of the year!
