It's official.... Senior-itis has SET IN.
It's disease that takes over college seniors every year, and I swore I wouldn't contract it, but... I did.
Senioritis is defined as "a decreased motivation toward studies displayed by students who are nearing the end of their school careers." Some obvious symptoms are procrastination, lethargy, and a unfortunate, unrelenting aversion to schoolwork.
This semester I am taking one course for my major (the capstone), two courses for my minor (one of them a capstone), one class to finish a grad requirement, and an independent study research course. All five of these are writing intensive. Of the three symptoms I have mentioned, I regrettably suffer from each. I have yet to miss an assignment that would be detrimental to my grade, but I lack the sense of urgency that I used to have.
It doesn't help that my immediate future, while not set in stone, is pretty much figured out. I feel the desire to coast through the next few months to graduation, where I can then go start my life in grad school. Having been accepted to a number of schools (ESPECIALLY those that offered me tuition and a stipend) only makes this feeling worse.
If anyone has any solution to this loss of motivation so I can get myself back on track and stop stressing about what has been left undone til the last minute every week, let me know!
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