There's thing I miss about college, but Finals Week is definitely not one of them.
Okay, by the way guys, for the record, I fucking hate being this age. I'm actually considering take a year and a half or something working in industry before I move on to trying to slaughter and bake my PhD. Time figuring out how to be independent sounds like a good idea before moving on to The Big Test.
I honestly wouldn't if I were you. Everyone I've ever known, everyone I ever met, every friend I had who had these kinds of thoughts did the exact same thing. I'll take a year out to find myself / get my foot in my industry / collect my thoughts and live a little, then I'll go back and finish school. Every single one
never goes back. Or if they do, it's like ten or twenty years later when they're desperate for a career change, after their stint in real life landed them a job they want nothing to do with.
I hated being your age, I still hate being this age. And I can tell you that if your plan is to try to work in your or any industry for a year before diving back into college, you could easily spend a year just fighting for an opening, as I have (with no end in sight). Keep going. Keep going to school while you still can and you still have the time and support you need. Life will still be there, but the opportunity, let alone your will to do it, may-to-probably won't be.