There are a lot of contagious diseases going around this Spring semester: bronchitis, strep throat, and, most noticeably, Senioritis. The diagnosis for the last of these is somewhat ambiguous, for many students it has existed as a pre-existing condition, for many it’s a chronic illness, and some have senioritis in remission but with the chance of relapse. In order to explore the ins and outs of the diagnosis, a few experts in the field offered their opinions.

“Senioritis starts right when you get accepted into college because you feel as if you don’t need to do anything anymore,” Jo’el Barnes, senior, said.

Apparently, the symptoms to this condition are fairly debilitating.

“Skipping class, not even attempting to do work, even worksheets you get the answers for you don’t even write your name on the paper,” Eleanor Waldrop, senior, said.

Barnes explained that in many cases, it’s merely a product of wanderlust.

“You’re just tired of this scene you’ve been on for four years,” Barnes said.

She went further and detailed an anecdote exemplifying this apathy.

“I went to the first senior meeting, I got really tired of staying there, so the second time the senior meeting came around I completely skipped it and hung out with my friends from another school,” Barnes said.

Although Barnes has a somewhat aggressive form of senioritis, a majority of seniors suffer from it to some degree.

“I know some kids are still going real hard, I would say senioritis effects 72% of the senior class. Even the kids that do kinda try just don’t really care,” Waldrop said.

The silver lining to this sickness is that it’s very easily treatable, graduation serves as an immediate antidote.

“I think we’re all just looking towards new beginnings, once this is over we’re all going to be

giving it our all,” Barnes said.

Furthermore, Senioritis is far from life threatening.

“Like literally when you look back on your senior year, in the grand scheme of life it’s not going to matter,” Waldrop said.