To The High School Senior, From The Sixth Semester College Student
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To The High School Senior, From The Sixth Semester College Student

Live in the moment.

Brandy Reiser
Feb 20, 2018
Saginaw Valley State University
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To The High School Senior, From The Sixth Semester College Student
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To the second-semester high school senior,

Don't wish it away because before too long you will be on your own away from mom and dad. Enjoy your last semester in high school. Go see that movie with that group of friends, or go out to dinner with your grandma. Make the memories you can now to look back on when you're having a rough day when you are on your own.

Before too long, you will be applying for your college program.

Before to long you will be paying your own bills and calling your mom from the grocery store asking where you can find something.

Before too long you will be signing a lease for an off-campus apartment. Take the time now to spend with your family and friends. Enjoy the homecooked meals that your mom makes for you. Let your mom treat you like a baby for a few more months.

No these months aren't going to be the best times of your life but yes they are going to be bittersweet. Remember these feelings as you move forward, remember the halls that you walk through every day. Remeber that bus ride or drive to and from school every day.

I feel like I blinked and my senior year of high school was over. I feel like I blinked and my first two and a half years of college were gone.

My advice to you is that as you are getting ready to leave high school and start college is to live in the moment. Even if you are really busy when you get to college, live in each moment that is given to you. But also remember to use a planner so that you can keep everything straight and so that you know exactly when all your assignments are due and when you have that meeting with your advisor.

Have fun and live in the moments that are given to you. Make all the memories that you can.

From the sixth semester college student

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