Stressing the finals

Alexis Kowaleski

Crack open the books, brush off your class notes and turn the coffee pot on, CMU’s Spring Semester is coming to a close and the stress of final’s week is in full force.

Monday April 28 marks the beginning of finals week and students are prepairing for the most important week of the semester.

“I won’t be stressed until I get to my first final and realize it’s going to kick my butt,” Fremont sophomore Jillian Pekel said.

Students are not only faced with final exams but most classes also pack final projects, final essays and in some cases presentations in addition to the traditional final exams.

“My papers are almost done, my projects are in the works but I still haven’t started my portfolio or even studying,” Pekel said.

With such a large work load some students find that procrastination is the only cure for the stress load.

“I am not going to stress, I always do but this year I forgetting about it,” Southfield senior Jessica Mosley said. “I have worked so hard this semester, I deserve to slack off…I’ll get everything done eventually.”

Classes will wind down next week and Thursday and Friday classes are canceled so students are able to have more time to study before finals week.

Though there is still a week to go before finals, the heavy work load already has students hitting the library in hopes that procrastination will not take over their life, despite the nice weather.