‘finals week’

Here We Go Again

Dec. 2, 2010—The end of the year stress has officially hit. You’d think by my fifth semester here I would be used to it by now. But no, it gets me every time. Looking ahead the next couple of weeks is very overwhelming. Final papers, presentations, exams, oh my. Good news though: I don’t have to do...

Thinking Positive

Apr. 29, 2010—Finals week always sounds dreadful. As classes come to an end, work builds up. Essays, projects, presentations, exams – the workload is never openly welcomed. However, there can be a few good things about finals week…

Finals Week

Dec. 22, 2009—Finals week: full of long days, late nights, caffeine, junk food, and plenty of stress. Some people are more fortunate than others when this week rolls around. I was one of the luckier few. With a presentation and test earlier in December, I was left with only a take home test and two finals as...

‘Tis the season to be…anxious!

Dec. 21, 2009—After a long and hard semester in Vandyland, now is the time that matters most. With finals out of the way, all that is left to do is wait… Wait to see if all of our hard work paid off. During the days leading up to the dreaded “finals week”, something strange happens. Each of...

Finals Week Sanity

Dec. 16, 2009—Being that it is Finals week, I would like to take a small study break and enlist some help from my keen eavesdropping ability to being some funny quotes from common areas around campus. “If I see another math equation I am gonna go Crazy like Issace Newton claiming that Chuck Norris doesn’t push the...

Finals….

Dec. 3, 2009—It’s that time of the year again: finals. Today marked my last exam before going into “finals mode.” During this mode, I become a social hermit. Unless you’re studying with other people (and hopefully, you’re really studying and not slacking off – although that does tend to happen sometimes), most of your friends don’t see...