The transition from high school to college is not an easy one. You go from following your parents' rules and attending 4 plus classes a day for 8 hours surrounded by people you've known since kindergarten to the freedom of living in a Freshman dorm with complete strangers. It's so exciting to have a fresh start and decide what you want to make of the next 4 years. If you're lucky, the people you meet and choose to surround yourself with will become your life long friends who you'll still keep in touch with when everyone has graduated and you finally have careers and families of your own. College is such a stressful, but amazing time. You want to be accompanied by great people who will stick with you through the highs and lows college is going to throw at you. The majority of my years here have been spent living in a sorority house with 15 other girls and I wouldn't have it any other way. They're my support system. The people you meet in school are there for the nights that turned into mornings and that's why they're friends who turn into family. I was fortunate enough to find my second family here at my university, so here's a shout out to them.

Thank you for letting me borrow your clothes whenever I desperately need an outfit for the night and my clothes aren't cutting it. And for always helping me pick out the perfect one.

Thank you for the hilarious dance parties and the times where we sing our favorite songs at the top of our lungs.

Thank you for the nights out where we danced on tables, stayed up way too late, and stumbled home together.

Thank you for the nights in where we gathered in the lobby to watch our favorite TV shows and movies.

Thank you for being there when schoolwork gets to be extremely overwhelming. It's nice to have people there to remind you to balance work with play.

Thank you for always being down to order a late night pizza or go on a trip to the Hibachi buffet. It's comforting to know that at least one of your friends is always hungry at any given time.

Speaking of food, thank you for always giving me someone to eat in the Cafe with because let's face it no one loves eating alone.

Thank you for the countless inside jokes and sharing the same sense of humor as me. With all the stress college puts on you, laughs are needed every single day.

Thank you for dragging me outside for adventures when all I want to do is lay in bed. I want to look back on these years and remember all of the fun I had.

Thank you for all the valuable advice you've given me over the years, and thank you for not hating me when I decided against my better judgment and made some mistakes anyway.

Thank you for being the BEST friends ever and loving me no matter what. It's crazy how complete strangers can turn into some of the most important people in your life.b