I won’t lie – law school has been very stressful this week. My law school schedule has been extended to 9AM – 10PM and I have been surviving on very unhealthy subs and burritos from various restaurants on Huntington Avenue. The countdown clock in my head keeps ticking while I desperately try to figure out how to best allocate my time. I try very carefully to avoid most social activities because no normal person wants to be around law students during final exam time. My family and boyfriend, unfortunately, do not get that protection. For the record, I have two in-class finals and two take-home exams, which most upper years will tell you is a pretty decent set up compared to all four in-class closed book exams during the first year. But as I am finding out, exam period will always be stressful regardless of format and volume. The more optimistic side of me actually, just for a little bit, enjoys all this pressure because I know it will be such a great relief and accomplishment come May 16th. I think a lot of the horror stories people tell about law school probably arise from this time of the year. So I am here to tell you that yes, law school will get stressful but keep in mind that it is limited to a specific time frame and as they say, if it doesn’t kill you, it will make you stronger.