It feels like just yesterday I was moving into my dorm. Three years ago, I left home for the first time and had no idea what I was doing.

I was scared to leave something so familiar for something so foreign. Who would have thought it would end up being the best decision of my life?

I cannot wrap my head around the fact that I have just started my senior year at Washington State University, where I will walk across that stage in May and get my diploma. All of my life has been leading up to that moment, and I cannot believe it is so close.

I always knew that I wanted to go to college right after I graduated high school, but I never expected to fall in love with WSU as much as I have.

In just three years, I have accomplished what I thought was impossible. I have made friends that feel like they have been in my life forever. I have found a passion that I didn't know I had that will soon turn into my career. I have made countless memories, good and bad, that have helped shape me into the person I am today. I have grown more in the past three years than I have in my entire life.

All I can think about now is, where the hell did the time go?

As I start my senior year, I have reminisced on my past three years here at WSU and all I have been through. I have had some of my best times here, and some of my worst.

I remember getting told multiple times before leaving for college to not take it for granted, because before you know it it will be over. This got me thinking about how I want to spend my last year of college because I plan to make it the best year of my life.

Senior year is a time to be selfish. I have one year left of the best years of my life, and I plan on not letting anyone or anything take that away from me.

This is a year I want to get out of my comfort zone, take more chances, and challenge myself. I want to say "yes" more and "no" less when it comes to making memories.

This is the last year of our lives where we aren't totally independent or dependent and aren't completely responsible for ourselves, and we need to take advantage of that.

If I come out of my senior year with anything, besides a diploma, of course, I want it to be no regrets.

One day, I am going to look back on my college years and I am going to remember the crazy adventures and the spontaneous decisions.

If these last three years have gone by as fast as they have, I can't even imagine how fast this last one is going to go.

My advice to all of my fellow seniors is don't take any of it for granted. Your friends, your classes, football games, and school spirit.

We are lucky enough to have been blessed with the opportunity to go to one of the most amazing colleges in the nation, and soon it will all come to end. Sooner for some of us than others.

How will you take advantage?