The week before exams is a mix of self-deception and procrastination. You tell yourself you’ll start studying early, but somehow the first 24 hours of your study plan are spent cleaning your room, making your study playlist, and then finding a new show to binge watch. Then before you know it it’s the night before the exam and you’re cramming it all in, hoping that you’ve absorbed at least some of the material over the past few months. It’s 2 a.m. and “studying” becomes skimming through the chapters but who needs sleep, anyway? On exam day, you find your seat, open your exam, and suddenly forget everything you’ve ever learned. The first question is a multiple choice, and you stare at the options, trying to decipher if "all of the above" is a trap or your golden ticket. Then, the most magical, beautiful moment happens…you stumble upon the "easy” question. FINALLY! something you can actually answer! You race through it, heart skipping beats and couldn’t be more prouder of yourself. The rest of the exam, you are answering questions that you did not study for, but you confidently fill in an answer that feels right. You think it’s all fun and games until you hit the English exam, thinking it’s a piece of cake, but then start to realize you’re supposed to know more than just the first few chapters of the actual book (not spark notes). All the multiple choice answers for the history section go like 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946…HOW RUDE!! YOUR SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING ME!! And when is it all over? You know you failed, but no worries! You’ll have a week of peace before the results come back.
Lydia Schuh
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