Dear Class of 2016,

Well, we finally made it. Very soon we will all be saying our goodbyes and giving our last hugs to faces we have seen everyday for a majority of our lives up until now. How crazy is it that we have grown up in one town our entire lives and now we just pack our things and go live with one or two other people in a dorm? It's exciting and new, yet heartbreaking and nerve-wracking. As Drake once said, "Man, what a time to be alive".

The stressful, pointless standardized tests, the never-ending college applications, and the constant wait to see if you got accepted to your dream school is long gone. Everything is going away right before our eyes. In just a few months, we will be making new best friends, new unforgettable memories, moving on from our past high school selves, and maybe gaining "the freshman 15."

Class of 2016, we have witnessed the worst in ourselves. Let's be real, we all lived through our awkward middle school days together. Once you have seen someone in a Juicy Couture jumpsuit and braces, you can never truly get the imagine out of your head. From Bat/Bar Mitzvah's to Sweet 16's, we have lived every awkward stage of life together. Luckily, no one in college will be able to say, "Remember when you scrunched your hair and wore purple eye-shadow?" Thank you class of 2016 for being the grade of posting "like my status for a like/dislike" or "like for a tbh" on Facebook everyday in sixth grade, and now coming up on our TimeHop's as just another embarrassing, funny moment that makes us cringe.

Looking back at my high school experience makes me feel so content. I may have lost some friends here and there, but I can truly say I know who I will be friends with for the rest of my life. The worst part of senior year is that you first start to realize how special certain people are. You don't even get to meet some of the best people before senior year starts, and that is the absolute worst part. You have to leave people, knowing that this might be the end of your friendship. It's a two-way street when putting effort into keeping a friendship alive, and sometimes it doesn't work in college. We all know that we aren't ever going to be as close as we are in this exact moment.

Well Class of 2016, thank you for the memories. I can't wait to experience your fellow college lives through Instagram and Snapchat. See you all at the reunion in ten years (terrifying). Who knows where I will be in ten years? Hopefully living the dream life with a husband and a couple of dogs.

Much love.