Pre-finals stress starts to emerge as preparation begins for taking the exams. Time management conflicts continue. Social apathy causes frustration because of academic pressures. Depression and anxiety increase because of feelings that one should have adjusted to the college environment. Problems develop due to increased alcohol consumption because students see this as an easy acceptable way to relieve stress and from not knowing how to handle alcohol responsibility.
Pregnancies start to show.
Roommate problems may start to emerge again. Deteriorating health starts to affect performance. Reasons include the changing weather and either lack of food quality or the negative feelings about institutional foods. Students tend to eat more ice cream and salads because they don't find as much red meat, yogurt etc. Health is also affected by the perceived inadequacies of the student health center.