Dear Second Semester Of Freshman Year
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Dear Second Semester Of Freshman Year

Please don’t suck.

Katherine V. Gomes
Jan 16, 2017
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Dear Second Semester Of Freshman Year
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Dear Second Semester of Freshman Year,

I have one thing to ask of you, just one thing. Please don’t suck. I’m begging you to not suck. You would be perfect if you just improved on first semester. I’m serious, just please be first semester without those awkward college commencement feelings.

Allow me to keep making friends. Now that I actually know people, and feel fairly confident I won’t spend my life as a loner, please keep the ball rolling. If anything, just improve on what my social life was like during first semester. Make the Friday nights more memorable, the group pictures more Instagram worthy, and the entire semester to be one continuous good memory.

Allow me to make grades get better. Now that I actually know what I’m doing, and no longer cry at the sight of homework, please help me be more successful. I’m asking you to allow me to make myself proud, before anyone else. Make my studying more effective, my notes more clear, and grades more than I thought I could ever accomplish.

Allow me to be a better version of myself. Now that I’m accustomed to college, and am used to being independent, please help me be a better person overall. If you’re a kind semester, you’ll help me exceed 2017’s resolution, keep the days amazing, and make my experiences with you some of the best in my life.

More than anything, just don’t go down in the history books as the semester that ruined me. I’m as ready for you as I ever will be.

Sincerely,

Your Favorite Freshman

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