In high school, having senior friends was seen as the epitome of cool. They were able to drive you around in their dad’s beat up Camaro, relieving you of the constant embarrassment of being chauffeured around in your mom’s minivan. They were even able to sneak you into all the cool parties that you weren’t quite invited to but were going anyway through association with your senior friend. And you never had to worry about never seeing your friends again. After all, if you all live in the same town, odds are after your senior friends go off to college they will be back for the holidays and inevitably the summer. So you never had to worry about having a real heartfelt, tear jerking moment where you hug your friends so tight, never knowing when or if you would ever see them again. Having senior friends in high school was cool.

Having senior friends in college sucks.

Don’t get me wrong though, I love my senior friends. They’ve allowed me to experience a lot of different things that I normally wouldn’t do and gave me stronger bonds to last for the rest of my time at school. But what sucks about it, and I know that there are plenty of others who agree with me or have been in my situation, is that I, along with my other non-senior friends, have only been friends with them their last semester at school. With such a short span of time there is only so much one can do to make sure that we all hang out and have a great time. After all, there are only so many hours in a day that can be filled with hour long trips to the cafeteria and playing basketball or card games 'till we’re blue in the face. They have other things to do--jobs to apply for, internships to complete, presentations to work on, and whilst you want to hang out with your senior friends as much as possible before they leave you, you come to realize that you can’t do as much as you want and to just sort of accept it.

What also sucks is that this isn’t high school (shocker I know!). But honestly think about it for a second. This is college, not some high school where everyone from the same town comes together to get an education. This is college where people from all over the United States come together. Your friends are from Colorado, North Carolina, Missouri, etc. So when it comes to having senior friends, you aren’t always too sure when you can see them again. Sure, there’s always the possibility that they may come back to visit but until that day comes, you’re stuck struggling to cope with losing their presence in your life.

But don’t let this discourage you from having senior friends. Personally, despite knowing what I know, I would still continue to be friends with these people. They have enlightened me with so many different things, drove me around when I could have easily walked, and encouraged my stupid behavior, along with bringing in their own. Whilst they may be graduating any day now and going off to do bigger and better things while I continue my education, I hope that they’ll be able to visit us one day or at least shoot a text to facetime once in awhile. It's safe to say that I am definitely going to miss them but I'm not the only one who is having those feelings, but we all know that our seniors are going to be off doing bigger and better things and we can't wait to see where the future will take them.