May is a month full of different milestones. For high school seniors, it’s National College Decision Day when they have to officially commit to a university of their choice. For college seniors, it’s a time of spring commencements when their path to adulthood begins. For every other college student, the agonizing school year of awful assignments and late nights cleaning their roommate’s vomit has officially ended. Still, there’s the feeling of a bittersweet ending tugging at their hearts.
Honestly, the four years at college, whether you’re going away or staying at home, are going to be the most confusing but fun times of your life. It’s when you’ll find lifelong friends who will end up being bridesmaids or groomsmen at your wedding 10 years down the line. Or it’s when you’ll experience horror roommates that’ll make for funny and interesting stories once everything is long over.
So whether you’re not yet in college, still in college, or out of college, here are seven movies that’ll help get through the summer before the fall semester begins or reminisce about the last four years of your life: