As an alumna of JP Stevens High School who will be seeing all of her fellow alums this Thanksgiving break, I thought it would be a great time to reflect back on the memories and experiences that I still hold near and dear to my heart as a college student.

1. Reading this article sounds like those “You Know You Go to JPS when…” that they had in the school newspaper.

2. You’re prepared for the radiators to always overheat your dorm because that’s what high school was like.

3. Your body has already undergone Freshman 15 because of those Gertrude Hawk sales for Odyssey of the Mind.

4. And now, you’re craving those Gertrude Hawks (only a few more days until break).

5. Your morning sprints to class because you snoozed your alarm are impressive and you now realize what those Beep Tests in gym class were preparing you for.

6. Your tiny dorm room seems so spacious compared to the new half-size lockers they put in on the first floor.

7. MLA format comes naturally to you.

8. You’re ready to carry around your stuff all day long when you have back-to-back classes. As a JP alum prior to the Macbook Air-era, you know what it’s like to lug around your giant U.S. History textbook.

9. You can deal with awful college WiFi because your high school never had service for any type of phone company.

10. You are proud of where you came from and the high school that taught you so much. You are more than prepared to work hard and follow your dreams in your new school!