Midterms… the word is bittersweet. 

On one hand, I am halfway through the semester. Halfway closer to summer break. Halfway done with lectures and reading and homework. 

On the other hand, WHERE DID THE TIME GO! The panic and fear of grades takes over every student just about the time of midterms. All the reading that I meant to do ahead of time and the time management skills I swore I would work on this semester.

It’s the time of year when the library is filled. Students are on campus past dark. Study groups lock themselves in quiet spaces and study for their lives. The finance and accounting majors have it the worst- those are the ones usually in the library – and look miserable.  Students look run down and most are crying and panicking with fear for what the professors have in store for them. Nobody goes out or parties because there is no time to do both, and studying, for once, comes first. 

Some students are prepared and some are trying to play catch up. Everyone suffers from insomnia, wondering if they have enough time to prepare, knowing cramming is not the most effective or successful strategy, but desperately opening up e-books, podcasts and lecture notes anyway. Hoping 7 weeks of studying can fit into 2 and a half days.