A little over a year ago I wrote an article titled, "A Letter Of Advice To My Friends On Their First Day Of College." Now that we're at the beginning of another school year, my friends who were just starting college are now sophomores, and I'm back to offer another bit of advice to them and all of the other sophomores out there.

Don't expect sophomore year to feel the same as freshman year.

At the beginning of your freshman year, everything is new and exciting. You're living in a new place, with new friends and away from home for the first time. Even though these things can be a little scary, they're a lot of fun. By sophomore year, even though you're still excited to get back on campus and to be with your friends, the start of school has a different vibe; some refer to this as the "sophomore slump." Don't be discouraged by this, and instead of comparing everything to how it was last year, look forward to what's going to be happening this year.

Your friends might change.

You may still have the friends that you made on the first day of college and, if so, that's great. However, you also may have realized that you or your friends have changed and have started to grow apart, and that's okay too. College is about discovering who you really are, so part of that could mean finding a new group of friends to hang out with.

It's also possible that the dynamic of your friend group might have changed, even if you're all still friends. This is also natural as you may no longer all be living in the same dorm or have schedules that allow you to spend as much time together. One way that I like to stay in touch with friends who I don't get to see as often is by scheduling a weekly time to get together with them for coffee, lunch or dinner.

Sophomore year might be harder.

I think a general assumption is that sophomore year is going to be easier because you don't have to adjust to a new place and a new way of living like you did freshman year. For some, this may be the case. However, for me it was not, and it may not be for you either. Sophomore year my schedule got busier and my classes got harder. If you find that this is the case for you too, don't let yourself get overwhelmed. Just take things one week, or even one day, at a time, and I promise that you'll get through it.

Before you know it, your sophomore year is going to be over, so embrace the change and remember that each year is going to be exciting in its own way.