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To The Class of 2017

Step back and take it all in.

Feb 20, 2017

Being a high school senior is one of the most exciting things in your life. There's so much happening and you're so ready to start your new life somewhere else.

Slow down.

Take in the things that are going on around you.

All of the things that you know are about to change. You're about to move away from the only thing and people that you've ever known. I know that right now it seems like the day that you move out will never come, and that time is so slow, but I can assure you that you're going to miss it.

You're going to miss the home cooked meals from your parents, and sitting with them in the living room while they ask how your day is going and help you study for your next test. Don't get aggravated with them and don't yell at them. They're trying to pretend that you're not leaving in 4 months. It's hard on them. Don't make it harder.

Hang out with your friends as much as possible. When you're at college the first weekend and you're sitting in a bedroom with a stranger that is now your roommate and you have no friends, you're going to wish so bad that you could call someone and go drive around or go eat with them. Yes, you're going to make new friends and you're going to love them just as much. Try to stay in tough with your best friends as best as you can, but there will be times when you go a few days without talking to them. Don't worry, they'll still be there for you.

You're not going to have the close relationship with all your teachers like you did in high school. Some professors you will have a close relationship with, but it's not the same as it was in high school.

Take advantage of the high school hallway. This is one of the last times that you're going to know EVERYONE that you pass in the hallway. It doesn't seem like something that significant, but I promise you that when you're walking down the hall of whatever college you choose, it's something that you're going to notice.

College is one of the best and most fun times of your life. But there will be a piece of you that misses the little things about high school. Don't forget to step back and take it all in before it's over.

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

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