Having friends in college is such a hard thing to do. I say this because if you think about in elementary, middle, and high school- you usually had the same friends throughout your school years (unless you moved around a lot). But even if you moved around a lot, hopefully, you had a few close friends. You had the same teachers for a while and everyone knew everyone, which was nice. In college, we see our friends or professors 2, 3 or maybe 5 times a week for 16 weeks and sit next to complete strangers. And every semester we have different schedules, new professors, and new everything.

So maybe last semester you were really close friends with someone, and this semester you two have totally different schedules and it feels impossible to hang out anymore. I've been in college for four years now and it is so hard to keep friends around. It's not a me thing, it's just a college thing. You'll have to make an effort to stay friends, despite having such busy schedules. We're all here to get a degree, and that's pretty much the goal.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when students try to downplay your degree. An example is if "my Engineering degree is better than your Sociology degree". This shouldn't matter, we're all doing our individual separate things and that is totally fine. It's hard for someone to be happy for you when they don't understand you or support you. Period. I have had some friends tell me that "oh Erica you have your life together and you know what you're doing" and blah blah blah. But I am still human, things change, I'll make mistakes, I'm still like everyone else. I'm not better than anyone just because I'm going to law school. But I do think it is really admirable of people who are/want to continue their education past a Bachelor's degree. And I'm interested in continuing my education because that's what I'm doing and going through right now. Trust me you will have to work so hard for it but it is so rewarding; even when life throws you a curveball.

I've talked about this before but I changed my major my Junior year of college from Education to Sociology. It was such a hard decision to make but it has benefitted me so much. I am still friends with a few of my "teacher friends" and I am so happy for them and what they're doing right now. God just had a different plan for me and turned things around. If specific events in my life didn't happen, I wouldn't be the person I am today and I really don't think I would be going to law school either. Before I even applied to law school I thought about it so much, and I will rise up to the challenge to do it.

Ultimately, you'll learn who your real friends are and appreciate them even more than you already do right now. The friends who support you and encourage you are everything. Get rid of the negative people and the negative toxicity in your life because you don't need it. If you really think a person is your friend, they wouldn't treat you awful or ignore you, or try to downplay your situation or what you're going through in your degree.

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