It is said that college is the place you make lifelong friends, and I am fortunate enough to confirm this claim.
Thank You For Making Me Feel At-Home Since Day 1
Whoever says college is an easy transition is lying, or they’re blessed with the ability to strike a conversation with the dullest person on earth. But for the rest of us nervous, anxious, and excited freshman, the transition to college was not a walk in the park. New people, new places, new sleep-schedule. Nothing about the shift from high school to college is easy. You’ve suddenly dropped your senior title and adopted another freshman label. The huge silver-lining in this stressful yet extremely thrilling time is the friends you find throughout the process. From the first day of college (give or take), the people that you take on Welcome Week with and every other week from that point on are the reason for your survival in college. Thank you for being by my side at every tailgate, frat party, and semi-formal and making countless memories with me.
Thank You For Allowing Me To Be Myself (No Matter How Weird…)
Finding the friends that will not judge you for ordering pizza at 1:30am or writing a paper 3 hours before it is due is a blessing. You don’t have to stress about what the people sitting across from you are thinking…mainly because you know exactly what they're thinking because they are your best friends. College is a time to find yourself and the person you want to be. As corny as that sounds, the importance behind it is extremely significant. Not only does your major directly influence what you’re life is going to look like after college, the relationships you forge have a drastic affect on your future life as well. The privilege of having friends who support you no matter what and encourage you to run with the life plan you have in your head that day do not come often. Thank you for going along with my crazy eating habits, the obsessive amount of clothes I’ve borrowed, and encouraging me to do my best in everything I encounter.
Thank You For Helping Me Grow
Coming in to college, I believed that I had a pretty solid idea of who I was and what I believed in. Talking with my friends everyday and encountering people in classes that I would never have met otherwise has broadened my opinion on multiple issues that I had a set stance on. The most amazing part about this growing experience is that fact that my friends are right alongside me when I’m growing and maturing in so many different ways. In fact, the most support I have gotten in my college experience so far has been from my best friends. Encouraging me to stay in and study before a big exam instead of going out, going to the caf at 11:30pm because I didn’t have time to eat dinner, and the shoulder that is always there for me to cry on when I had a bad day. Thank you for allowing me to question my beliefs, future life-plans, and fashion choices every now and then.
Thank You For Making My First Semester Of College Better Than I Imagined
The thought of not making friends at college kept me up at night before I came to school. I had a picture in my head of me and my best friends getting ready and going out together, going on McDonald’s runs after a party, and cheering on the football team at every game. Unfortunately, the football team was a little lack-luster this year and McDonald’s is on the other side of campus, but the getting ready and going out part worked out. I could not have asked for better friends. Friends who let me vent about everything and anything at all hours of the day/night, who FaceTime me just to tell me they miss and love me after not seeing me for a day, and friends who I know I could call at any time and they would be by my side in seconds. It is a blessing to have this people in your life, and I am beyond thankful to have found my forever friends.
