As a college student approaching the mid way point of my summer vacation I am suddenly realizing how much I miss my friends from school.

While some of you may be lucky enough to be just a short drive away from the friends you made in college, others may have their school friends scattered all across the country. It's hard to transition from living just a couple doors away to being a couple hour drive or even a plane ride away. But no matter the distance, college friends will always be the best friends to have.

Your college friends come to you at your most vulnerable time. You're at a crossroads in your life as you are ending one chapter and beginning a new one. In the first couple weeks of college you experience a lot of firsts and the friends you make are there to experience those new things with you. I will never forget the first Friday night I went out at school. Let's just say that there were a lot of unforgettable memories made, but they were memories that I shared with my new friends. Experiencing these new things together is what bonded us.

Unlike your friends at home your college friends will always be there for you. Literally, your best friends at college are often your roommates or your neighbors. If this is the case, you'll definitely be spending a lot of time with these people. You'll always have a friend around if you're lonely, bored, sad, or just want someone to laugh at a funny video with. Before I went away to school I hated spending extended periods of time with anyone, but after my first year I actually start to suffer from some minor separation anxiety when I haven't seen my roommates in a while.

Because you are with your college friends 24/7 from September to May you will definitely experience some highs and lows together. From the bright eyed and busy tailed girl on the first day of classes, eager to take on the world to the much less eager girl, struggling to make it by at the end of the semester. Your college friends accept you in all your forms. They'll never judge you because they understand exactly what you're going through, and might even be going through it themselves. They'll help you pull an all nighter because you forgot to study for the big midterm exam you have the next day and they'll even be there the next morning to make you a cup of coffee. They'll be there to help you home when you probably should have just stayed in that night. Your college friends will help you choose the right path because they always have your best interest in mind.

In the ten short months since I've met my college friends we have become extremely close. They're my second family. They easily know more about me than any of my other friends do. They're the most sarcastic, fun and easy going group of people I've ever met. They have made my college experience ten times more enjoyable and memorable.

My life is boring without my UT people in it, is it time to go back to school yet?