The dreaded week is nearly upon us, folks.

Yes, the last week of the semester, formally known as finals week, is almost here.

Whether you have professors cramming in last-minute assignments or you simply haven’t slept a wink since coming back from Thanksgiving break paradise, final exam season has slowly but surely crept up on the best of us.

With infinite places to study around campus, the place you choose to prepare for finals at says a lot more about an individual than you’d think. We decided to compile a list of top spots and what they say about the students who study there.

The Stacks

Hats off to you. Between the ceiling less than two feet above your head and the bookshelves that grow closer together with each floor, the stacks aren’t for the faint of heart.

You take comfort in the fact that you could enter the library and not see another soul from open to close. Well, living soul that is. Your commitment to your studies is truly unmatched, and for that we applaud you and wish you the best on your finals.

Any On-Campus Starbucks

This is the go-to study spot to productively prepare for finals with your friends. However, the truth is, three hours go by without a single word being written down and multiple different conversation rabbit holes.

Don’t worry, though. You and your friends will gaslight each other into believing that everything on the exam is a piece of cake and doesn’t require studying. These finals have nothing on you. Just pretend those end-of-semester grades don’t exist, and your winter break will be a breeze.

Westgate Building

Tell me you’re an IST major without telling me you’re an IST major. When we said that finals season has crept up on the best of us, we didn’t mean you.

If your favorite study spot is the Westgate Building, it’s a given that you’ll ace your finals. You’ve been preparing all semester for this, and these exams are your time to shine. Your professor, who’s just grateful someone answered their questions in your 300 person seminar, believes in you.

Your Bed

Let’s be real, does any real studying actually happen in bed? No, no it doesn’t.

Don’t get us wrong, everyone likes to “study” in bed every once in a while, too. Ninety-nine percent of the time, though, bed studying is done to convince you of three things:

• You just need a five minute break.
• The assignment isn’t due for a few hours, so you’ll get it done later.
• If you don’t understand it now, there’s no point in wasting precious sleep over it.

The best thing you can do as a bed studier is manifest an A by putting your notes under your pillow. Even better if it’s your laptop.

Library Study Rooms

You’re naturally not a procrastinator.

These study rooms are very few and far between during these dark days over the next week and a half, so if you’re one of the lucky ones to snag one of these sacred rooms, you’ll be just fine on your exams. Those whiteboards will be full from top to bottom, not just once but about 11 times over again. All the information you need is locked and loaded for your exam day.

Downtown Coffee Shop

Whether it’s Elixr, Vibe Coffee Co., or somewhere else, you just like to get your daily iced latte and sweet treat downtown.

These coffee shops are the only thing holding you together during finals week and taking your mind off the never-ending “to-do before break” list in your notes app. The only thing that will put a stop in your day is if there isn’t a table in one of these establishments to actually get work accomplished. You’re a problem-solver, though, so you can just go somewhere else to get a sweet treat for the day. You deserve it.

The HUB

You flourish in chaos. The thousands of people walking in and out of the HUB every day leave you unfazed. These finals are child’s play.

Or, you’re the complete opposite and the tabs you convinced yourself to close 20 minutes ago are filled with the New York Times trifecta of Connections, Wordle, and the mini crossword puzzle. They’re just there to stimulate your brain for your real studies, right?

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Studying is simply not a word in your vocabulary, and to that, all we can say is good luck.