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I'm Going To A Different College Than My BFF And It's Not The End Of The World

Leaving your best friend can be something that is definitely hard to wrap your head around.

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As a high school senior, the most anticipated moment is graduation. Then, shortly after that, it's college. Like most 18-year-old girls, I have good friends. Some who, when we graduated, we stopped talking and went our separate ways. But, I have an ultimate BFF who has been my bestie since junior year of high school. We do absolutely everything together from random shopping trips to Target to getting half-priced slushes at Sonic every day. But there is one little bump in our friendship. She is going to the University of Missouri in mid-central Missouri and I am attending Grand Canyon University all the way in Phoenix, AZ.

The summer before college, the topic of separation never even came up because we refused to bring up such a sad subject. Sure, our time together is slowly coming to close, but there are many positives to going to a different college than your best friend.

1. We are living in two completely different areas of the country.

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Sure, distance is a hard concept but we are both going to be experiencing two completely different worlds. Mizzou is full of different traditions and is located in an ideal college town full of hipster eateries and tons of fraternity boys whereas Phoenix is a pretty large area full of different people and unique attractions. Living in two different areas means for different experiences that we just get to share with each other!

2. Facetime is going to become our new BFF.

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I will never have to worry about missing my best friend's face that is thousands of miles away because she is literally just one easy click away. And, trust me, our phone calls never get boring because we always have something new to chat about. Honestly, the only way we will probably end up hanging up is if our phone dies!

3. Holiday breaks make for the perfect time to visit each other and introduce each other to the new people in your life.

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In my situation, my best friend and I have different winter and spring breaks which just gives us the perfect excuse to visit one another! Bringing her to meet my new friends and my new community is just another way to make our friendship stronger and for her to actually get a glimpse at the new chapter of my life. Plus, now she can see all the cute boys on campus in real life rather than their social media.

4. Becoming independent away from each other doesn’t mean you are forgetting your friendship.

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My best friend and I are both very independent girls who just happen to depend very much on each other. So, obviously, deciding to choose different colleges was never something that we were upset about. To us, this is a new era and we are going to be on a new path in our lives. Yet, the idea of leaving each other behind was never a thought. We both attended different high schools so this is basically "High School 2.0." College never seemed like this big goodbye and it certainly does not have to!

So, if you and your BFF are going to college an hour away or twenty hours away, I completely understand what you're going through. Just remember this goodbye can be temporary as long as you put the work in to maintain your friendship.

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