Coming to college, I was so nervous to meet people. I have heard countless times that college was so much better than high school, that it got a lot better, but how was I supposed to believe that? How was I supposed to leave the only place that I have ever really known and find my place where I didn’t know anyone?

The truth is, I had no idea how my freshman year of college was to turn out. I remember hanging with my roommate during the first night and being terrified that my college experience would be one of those horror stories you would read on some online blog. However, I got lucky enough to have made some of the best friends I could ask for. The type of friendships that might have just begun, but will be lifelong. As one of my friends would put, “future bridesmaids.”

When I first met all of you, I truthfully did not think too much about it. I was in a weird transitioning period where I would meet someone but never see them on campus again. College is weird like that sometimes. However, you guys were different than all the acquaintances that the only contact that I have with now are watching each other’s Snapchat stories. You guys actually wanted to spend time together and I quickly realized that I had just met people that were just the same type of crazy that I am.

This is for you all. This is for the psychos who got me in a car to New York when I was just planning to leave biology and get a sandwich in the dining hall. This is for all those late night Walmart trips and screaming early 2000s music at the top of our lungs. This is for all the late night cooking and study sessions where we literally got nothing done. There is no one else I would rather go to hockey games and make terrible decisions with.

As this semester comes to a close, so does our time together for now. Although I know I will see you in September, it is crazy to think that I won’t be able to walk to your rooms or write in the group chat to see who wants to go to Dunks with me. However, I know we will still talk every day. You all know I will personally come to your homes if you think you can mess up our Snapstreaks. I have faith that I will visit the majority of you during summer break and I anticipate when you come to visit me too. There is no doubt in my mind that our craziness can only get worse when the new school years approaches.