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16 Thoughts You Have During The First Few Weeks Of Your Senior Year Of College

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Sep 19, 2018

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16 Thoughts You Have During The First Few Weeks Of Your Senior Year Of College

Class of 2019, we have made it to our final year of college! We have waited 17 years of school just for this moment. There are many excitements that this year will bring but also loads of stress. Internship? Graduate school? New city? Interviews? SO much is changing within the next 9 months, time to tackle this whole adulting thing. Enjoy every second, the good and the bad, so many "lasts" are ahead.

1. Is it too late to drop out?

I can work at Starbucks for the rest of my life, definitely will be worth it.

2. I've been in school for 15 years, how do people live a non-school life?

So you mean that come May, it won't be normal to get Waffle House at 3 a.m.?

3. Yeah... this assignment can wait.

It's due at 11:59p.m. tonight but Bachelor is on so this can DEFINITELY wait.

4. This is really my last time to do ______.

This is my last time to go to football games for free, be able to run on three hours of sleep, and last time sitting in this chair on a chilly September 9th day. Everything suddenly breaks your heart as it can be turned into a "last".

5. Spend hundreds of dollars on textbooks? Nope I'll be fine without them

Hey random person three rows behind me, want to share that textbook with me? Text me

6. This is my 5th Starbucks drink today, actually 6th.

My electric bill can wait. My cat can eat mac n cheese with me for dinner. I can walk to work tomorrow, no need to fill my gas tank. Caffeine = a must

7. I am not ready for the real world yet, what does adulting even mean?

Getting out of bed before noon? Mortgage payment? 9-5 job? Being judged if you don't cook dinner every night? No room for naps? There's no way people survive this chapter of life.

8. This presentation is irrelevant, I need to look up graduation cap ideas.

I MUST have the cutest. My Pinterest board has about 300 to pick from, I need at least a top 60.

9. So I wonder what I want to do with my degree...

Yeah I've had three years of figuring it out, but you never know where this life will take you. Social worker or.... chipotle manager.

10. Grad school? Move to another country? Live in my parents' basement?

Hmm... what should I choose.......... *hi mom and dad*

11. Maybe I should share my Venmo username for student loan purposes

Student loan purposes... and more Starbucks you know.... to get through the student loan payments alive...

12. Wait so, all of my friends are going to be everywhere besides five minutes away from me?

How are we going to have dance parties, sleepovers, and weekly mental breakdowns together?

13. What am I going to do with no Christmas & Spring breaks?

People actually function without four weeks cut out of the year to do nothing but sleep until noon and Netflix binge?

14. Didn't I just move into my dorm last week?

I wonder if it would be creepy if I showed up to my room and said hi to the freshmen living in it now... the best memories were in that 4x4 box, they better appreciate it.

15. Maybe if I fail a class, I can come back to campus in the fall.

A totally new definition to being a "fifth year" on campus.

16. I am going to miss this place.

Yes, even you, weekly sobbing sessions.

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16 Thoughts You Have During The First Few Weeks Of Your Senior Year Of College

Wait... I'm not an awkward lanyard-wearing freshman anymore?

1. Is it too late to drop out?

2. I've been in school for 15 years, how do people live a non-school life?

3. Yeah... this assignment can wait.

4. This is really my last time to do ______.

5. Spend hundreds of dollars on textbooks? Nope I'll be fine without them

6. This is my 5th Starbucks drink today, actually 6th.

7. I am not ready for the real world yet, what does adulting even mean?

8. This presentation is irrelevant, I need to look up graduation cap ideas.

9. So I wonder what I want to do with my degree...

10. Grad school? Move to another country? Live in my parents' basement?

11. Maybe I should share my Venmo username for student loan purposes

12. Wait so, all of my friends are going to be everywhere besides five minutes away from me?

13. What am I going to do with no Christmas & Spring breaks?

14. Didn't I just move into my dorm last week?

15. Maybe if I fail a class, I can come back to campus in the fall.

16. I am going to miss this place.

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The Best Lines from the Fab Four

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend

He say, "I know you, you know me", One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

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2. How to be thankful for family and friends.

3. How to give back.

4. What the word "community" really means.

5. That it isn't about the destination, but the journey.

6. The consequences of making bad choices.

7. To trust people, until you have a reason not to.

8. To be welcoming and accepting of everyone.

9. How to be my own, individual person.

10. How to work for what I want.

11. How to be great at giving directions.

12. How to be humble.

13. To be well-rounded.

14. How to be great at conflict resolution.

15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

17. That you don't always have to do it alone.

18. How to be creative.

19. To brush off gossip.

I have never been so thankful to know you.

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Email the professor

Attend the first class

Keep attending class

Have a backup plan

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