Dear College Seniors,
So, winter break is almost over and you likely have mixed feelings about the semester ahead. Disappointment, because you have to go back to school and deal with homework, tests, and projects. Excitement, because you are almost done with college; you’re getting closer to walking across that stage, and receiving your diploma after four (or more or less for some people) years of school. Anticipation or even fear, because now you are asking yourself the question: “What am I going to do with my life?”
My advice is simple: live in the moment. True, you have to think about the future. Such as, if you are going to get a job in the field you spent years studying for or if you have to move back into your parents’ house. But don’t let those thoughts take up all the space in your brain.
Enjoy whatever time you have left in college. While I understand some of you might not have had the best experience, for which I’m terribly sorry about, you can still make the best of it. College is the space between childhood and adulthood. You are entering the grown-up world, but you still have the safety net of your family and, in the case of Curry College, a doting dining room staff. Once that is gone, you won’t be able to get it back. So, enjoy it while you still can.
Most importantly, enjoy the time you have left with your friends. For me, it was like culture shock. I went from being surrounded by a campus full of people, to only seeing the same three people regularly. Some of you might be like me, forced to move back home after graduation and not be in touch with anyone from high school. Others of you might be moving to places where you don't know anyone at all. Your college friends are the ones you keep, because you spent four years studying together, stressing together, laughing together, drinking and partying together, and crying together. Once you graduate, you won’t get that as often as you have grown so used to.
I imagine several of you are counting the days until you can leave. But, what I’m saying is, don’t rush too fast into the “adulting” world just yet. Finish college on a good note and make the memories last.
Sincerely,
Someone who knows