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Trick-or-Treat! A midterm on October 31st? An excellent decision for student morale! But maybe it's about the friends we’ve made along the way (severe trauma bonding). Settle in, because this is Harvard’s version of trick-or-treating: the tricks are real, the treats are mediocre at best, and somehow we’re all still here for it.

1. Trick: Chem 17 midterm on Halloween
Treat: Overindulging and starting Halloweekend immediately after at the Currier Heaven and Hell Party. What even is a chiral structure???

2. Trick: The sun is setting at 5:39 p.m. today, before I get out of my last section. Reminder: Daylight Saving Time starts on Sunday.
Treat: Seasonal Affective Disorder. Yay!

3. Trick: Running out of Board Plus
Treat: Getting an excuse to buy coffee in the Square

4. Trick: Your classes all went tech-free
Treat: You get to rediscover your hidden talent for doodling!

5. Trick: Missing the shuttle when PassioGo lies
Treat: Getting to look at the fall foliage on the walk to and from class

6. Trick: Having a 10-page paper (that you have not started) due at midnight
Treat: Rewarding yourself with a sweet treat (or multiple) while you complete it

7. Trick: Grade inflation report at Harvard saying that students don’t work hard enough
Treat: Complaining to all of your TFs and professors and having them secretly agree with you

8. Trick: Accidentally oversleeping on Sunday after a weekend of festivities
Treat: Lowell Bells making sure you wake up before you get hit with a bad case of the Sunday Scaries

9. Trick: Getting a Canvas notification posting your midterm grade
Treat: The perfect excuse to indulge in sweet treats to cope (or celebrate)

10. Trick: Having class in the SEC
Treat: Romanticizing the long walk by the Charles and pretending you’re Rory Gilmore with the perfect fall playlist

11. Trick: Having to wake up for a 9 a.m. class
Treat: Watching the Harvard Today Newsletter drop into your inbox :)

Happy Halloween!