Open Letter to The Friends I Have Made In College,

I basically live on the sixth floor with you guys.

People always say that high school is the best 4 years of your life, and they may be right but so far college definitely feels like the best 4 years of my life. Coming into college I was terrified and thrilled for a fresh start at a new place. My senior year was not tied off with a pretty bow like I would have thought it would have been, but that was high school, this is college. My biggest fear coming into this was that I wouldn’t be able to find friends, which is a ridiculous concept when you think of how big college is, and I desperately wanted to find a group of friends I could fit into.

I am so thankful to say that I have found that group.

I don’t know if it was the love of Disney singalongs, the constant need for dessert, or the fact that you guys included me to sit with you one night at the café that made us friends but for whatever it is I am beyond grateful that it happened.

You guys have already consumed my Instagram and my camera roll with our trips to the flea market, the finding of the best wall murals, numerous videos of me embarrassing myself, and nights where we were up way too late for our own good or the constant trips to Mexican restaurants as we searched for the best queso. Let’s not forget all those times in the studying nooks where homework would take way longer than it should because we wouldn’t help ourselves but dance in the hallways or maybe the constant texts just mainly stating that we were either hungry or that we need someone to come study with us because it had been at least an hour since we all saw each other. Sometimes I think it is insane how much we see of each other, but then again I think how boring college would be if we didn’t always hang out.

We have all come from different places and different backgrounds yet here we are acting as if we have known each other for years becoming friends so quickly, and even planning out visits to each other hometowns.

You’ve seen my weirdness and joined me in it. If that isn’t friendship, I am not quite sure what is.

We have all now found our new home in different sororities and schedules are insane as a result. I was so afraid I would lose our closeness but I was wrong. If anything we have now have more reasons why I am up so late doing my homework because we can’t stop telling each other about what all is going on. Also not to mention when I woke up at the crack of dawn to come cheer you on as you sat on a teeter “tauter” for 24 hours with your sorority just because I love you.

So let me say thank you. You have made college such an easy transition for me. You have made college not just feel like this whole other world but somewhere that has quickly become a place that feels like home, as cliché as it sounds.