Cheers to finishing another year at Rider University!

I am days away from beginning sophomore year of college. I made it through freshman year in one piece and am only more excited than I was last year to move back in again. I'll be living in the sorority house with my best friend and attend all English classes for the fall semester.

As the future, done with sophomore year, self-reads this back, I hope things went well this year. You should now be fully accustomed to what Rider life is like and it should have been a very positive year. You'll be starting off on a brand new start, you spent your own money over the summer, you're dorming in a house with people you're comfortable with, and fine arts finally won't be so far away.

I bet you've conquered the third floor of fine arts by the end of the year. All of your English classes during the fall went really well, and maybe, just maybe you've figured out exactly what you want to continue majoring with for the spring and take even more amazing classes.

Hopefully, you've landed a leadership position somehow, and hopefully, you've done well with the Creative Writing club. You're taking two creative writing classes this fall, so your writing better have improved!

Packing for school was near impossible this year because there was just no time, but I'm sure you managed and your room looked great! I bet you're more organized this year since you basically know how college works now. Did your time management improve? How about your makeup ability and social interaction skills? One can only hope so.

You better come out of sophomore year more sophisticated and confident than ever.

Sincerely,

A few days away from beginning sophomore year of college