Sure, our high school friends were great, and we will stay friends with some of them for many years to come, but there is something different about the friends we make in college. We experience some of the biggest ups and downs of our lives together, and we watch each other develop into our true selves. We know each other better than anyone else ever has, and we also know that we wouldn't be able to survive college without each other. Going away to school can be hard, at times, but the friends that we make here become our family, and that is a bond that can never be broken.

1. Your college friends have seen you at your worst. They have seen your ugly-crying face one-too-many times, not to mention that they've watched you make way too many stupid decisions. But rather than turning these negative times into juicy gossip, your college friends are always there to console you and give you all of the support you need, knowing that you'll be there to return the favor when they need it.

2. You know they are real friends. Unlike high school, college makes it fairly easy to avoid people that we don't want to associate ourselves with. Because of this, we know that the friends we have genuinely enjoy our company.

3. You have similar interests. The majority of friends you make in college either come from taking the same classes or being part of the same extracurriculars. It is much easier to find people with similar hobbies and personalities in college, which leads to the formation of long-lasting friendships.

4. You are better at judging character than you were in high school. We all had those friends in high school who we hung out with out of pure convenience, or because we had mutual friends. We cared less about whether or not those who we associated ourselves with were good people. Now that we are in college, however, we recognize the importance of building friendships on a strong foundation, and have less patience for friendships with people who don't seem to be worth the time and effort. Because of this, we are more inclined to build friendships only with people whom we deem worth it.

5. Things don't change or get awkward if you don't see each other every day. You can go weeks, or even months, without seeing each other, and everything will still be the same once you finally do get the chance to hang out. In college, friends are much more understanding if we don't see each other as often during certain periods of time. We all have busy schedules and don't take it personally or let it affect the friendship negatively.

6. They know you better than anyone else. And how could they not? Nobody else in your life has ever had the chance to spend as much time with you as your college friends. There is practically no such thing as alone time in college. We eat, sleep, breathe and do everything else in between together. Because we are around each other so often, we get almost too comfortable. Our college friends have seen sides of us that no one else has, and they know things about us that no one else knows.

7. You've had the best times of your lives with each other. Nothing will ever beat the memories that you share with your college friends. You've experienced many firsts and many bests with them, and nothing could ever replace that. We will cherish these memories forever, but we will cherish the people we share them with even more.