Dear recent alumni,

It’s the middle/ nearly the end of June. You see all the people you knew as “underclassmen” decorating their graduation caps, getting their yearbooks, prepping for prom and scholarship ceremonies and you think to yourself, “how the hell has it been a year already?”. The miss-belief and nostalgia kicks in. You start to think about the possible Instagram captions to post with pictures of all your class of ’16 friends.

As you watch the graduation, beginning you end you remember how slow that hour or so was sitting in those chairs just wanting to get your diploma, throw your cap in the air, have that group hug with your buddies and finally say that you are high school graduates.

The second you wake up on graduation day you get every overwhelming feeling but do yourself a favor. When you’re sitting on that turf, look around you and think about everything you did to make it to where you are today. Be proud of yourself because you knew it wasn’t easy. You made a major accomplishment. You lifted you head up and told yourself you could do it even when you probably didn’t want to even think of doing another assignment.

You’ve overcome a lot in these 4 years. Soak up every minute of this day because you worked your tail off for it. As soon as you walk off the turf, be prepared to take a countless amount of pictures with absolutely everyone you know but hey, you’re used to that. Make sure you tell your tell your teachers how much of an impact they have had on you and always will have. All throughout the day you’ll have a million thoughts about everything. How are you going to survive without your favorite teacher every day in the fall? How am I going to have the bonds I have with friends in college like I did in high school? What if I hate it and just want to stay in high school forever?

Take it from an on-going sophomore in college, you wonder where everyone you met has been all your life. The lanyard with the key to your room and they keycard you need to get a meal and into your dorm building will become your appendage. You wont know what to do with your life when you go home again, even though school will start to feel like home.

Sincerely,

Your now sophomore in college friend