ARE YOU STRESSED? 

Modified from December 1994:

1. When you wake up, you find yourself:
   1. Nestled peacefully in your bed after a fitful sleep
   2. What do you mean, wake up? You’ve been awake since last weekend!
   3. With your laptop keyboard imprinted on your cheek, having added a stream of gibberish to the With-Honors paper you’ve been working on
2. Your idea of breakfast is:
   1. A bagel and some sweet tea from the SLC
   2. An overly complicated Starbucks order picked up on the way to school
   3. You’ve never had breakfast in your life!
3. While you’re driving to school:
   1. You’re fully alert and jamming to your favorite song!
   2. Your head jerks up and your eyes snap open every time you hear a horn blare, and then they begin to droop again 
   3. One hand is on the wheel, Quizlet is open on your phone in the other
4. When you get to school, the first thing you hear is:
   1. A cheerful “Hello!” from a teacher passing by
   2. It is silent in the hallways. It is 8:43, and you are late for first period Biology
   3. The fifth graders screaming at 7:45 on a Monday morning
5. Your email inbox is full of:
   1. Notifications from all the clubs, boards, pubs, and orgs that you’re in, detailing upcoming events!
   2. An interim [about being late]
   3. 347 Google Classroom notifications about all the assignments you have due tomorrow
6. You’re fully updated on:
   1. The new season of Bridgerton
   2. The Kardashians
   3. The Russia-Ukraine war
7. You check Owl’s Nest:
   1. Never
   2. Once in a while
   3. Every evening after Mrs Leonard sends the Announcements email
8. You study:
   1. During your frees (when you’re not watching Netflix)
   2. A regular 45 minutes a night for each subject
   3. In the class before, because you forgot about the test
9. The one store where you know all the employees is:
   1. Starbucks
   2. Staples
   3. You never leave your desk
10. The last time you brushed your hair was:
    1. For your date on Wednesday night
    2. Three days ago, for the last game
    3. Not since last picture day
11. When you have two tests, a project, and a paper all due on the same day:
    1. You finished preparing for those last week! You’re not worried one bit.
    2. You complain about it to any teacher who will listen and beg for an extension
    3. You stay home “sick”
12. You spend school nights:
    1. Scrolling through TikTok until 3am
    2. Decide at midnight that you’re going to become fluent in Korean and get started on Duolingo right away
    3. Doing homework until the sun rises
13. On Friday night, you:
    1. Rampage around with your friends until 2am
    2. Debate staying home because you’re exhausted from practice and need to finish your English essay before it’s due at 11:59, but you go out for a few hours anyway
    3. No way you can cancel your date with your history textbook!
14. When you realize that you forgot about a Spanish test today, you:
    1. Assure yourself that you know the material and go in with confidence
    2. Beg your teacher for an extension
    3. Write all the answers in French
15. You spend your frees:
    1. Sleeping in the lounge
    2. In the Library, chained to the desk
    3. The last time you weren’t busy during a free was five weeks ago

Scoring:

Mostly As: You’re cruising stress-free through the pressure cooker that is Agnes Irwin! Keep enjoying yourself, but watch out for pitfalls like interims or pop quizzes, or the occasional missed club meeting.

Mostly Bs: You’re teetering on the edge, wildly bouncing back and forth between unmanageable panic and easy confidence. Make sure to stay organized and approach each day with a plan!

Mostly Cs: You are the queen of stress and anxiety. You probably need to stop procrastinating, and remember to take it easy sometimes! Take a break if you have a lot on your plate.