This past week I have seen a lot of high school senior pictures, and students ordering their graduation announcements.

I was having some strong flashbacks to a year ago when I was in their shoes.

So much chaos and pressure all at once with graduation right around the corner.

I think back to my senior year talking with my high school friends about graduating, going to college, etc. We all seemed super thrilled and ready except one of us. She was unsure, and not sold on the college she chose. She kept saying there was nothing wrong with it, but she didn’t have that special feeling that everyone else seemed to have. That girl, was me.

I wasn’t sold on the idea of college.

Not that I didn’t want to go, but I had a really tough time getting excited about it. I know today there are many students just like I was, who are surrounded by friends that are jumping for joy, while you are stuck questioning whether you made the right choice. All I can say is, it’s okay.

It’s okay to be scared or unsure of what lies ahead, especially when it comes to college.

I dreaded the fact that I had to start over, make new friends, and move almost five hours away. It’s okay to question if you’re choosing the right college. I questioned whether UGA was the right fit for me at least a hundred times. However, if you can’t find anything wrong with it, you love pretty much everything about it, or you know there is nowhere else you’d really want to go, then it is probably the right fit.

Trust me, leaving everything in high school behind was hard for me.

I was super involved and content with my little bubble. Popping that bubble has been the best thing for me. I remember over the summer crying at my summer orientation to my mom, because nothing felt normal or right, but it’s not supposed to. Going to college is a change, and it is definitely a good one. To some it may feel 100% absolutely right and perfect from the moment they get accepted. If you’re one of the ones though just kind of stuck in uncertainty, hang in there and keep an open mind.

I fall more and more in love with UGA and the campus every day now.

I honestly can’t imagine going to an institution better than this. The atmosphere is unmatched. I have found my own new bubble. If you would’ve asked me this time last year if I thought those things, I probably would’ve just said “eh, it’s pretty cool.” It’ll grow on you pretty fast, but you won’t know until you try.

So if you’re one of those seniors, who just isn’t ready, it’s okay.

It’ll hit you when you least expect it (it hit me last semester going to get a slushee from RaceTrac driving through the beautifully lit campus at night), and you’ll say “hey, this place isn’t so bad after all.”