For me it does depend. I spent a lot of time on my long-term deadline because I knew it was going to take a lot of 30+ hours, even though an essay of mine would have to be due one week sooner. So for me it depends. xD

So far that would never happen to me. I'd never miss a deadline.

I do am glad I got one essay off my chest. We handed that over to the 'designers' of our team because it suits them better (the essay is rather tailored towards design and it's a group assignment). Now I can spend my last 10 hours fully on this assignment before Sunday night. You'd think that's more than 10 hours, but considering it's the type of assignment I cannot do for too many hours in a row and get reaaaally pissed off at doing it, I am actually still stressed I won't make it.

In the end I will because I always do SOMEHOW, but the fear is there.

'More serious'? As in, because it affects more parties than just yourself? Because otherwise I find them mutually serious.

Oh, if you fail anything in my study you have to resit it the next year if I understand correctly, hence why I was somewhat confused. In my previous study you could try to redo it every semester, but you'd always have study delay, no one has ever finished that study within 4 years even though it is a 4-year study (especially because there are major disadvantages financially if you take more than 5 years).

It's of course not like getting fired, but I do find that fairly serious. xD

I guess you and I just went to very different studies. xD It's not hard to fail a class here, some things cannot be rushed. Essays, sure, but there's more to it than that.