High school senior,

Hopefully you can see the finish line. You are ALMOST there with being done with one of the worst parts of a person's life: high school. Trust me when I say college is a whole new ball game. And it's one that you will grow to love.

I have struggled countless times throughout this year. I was so excited for college and to be away from home and on my own. But at the same time I was terrified. I thought I was just a little girl that still had so much to learn and so much more of the world to see. Boy was I wrong.

Now I look back on my 8 months at one of the top colleges in the nation and I can see that first of all. I made the right choice. Partly why I was so scared was that I thought I was making the wrong choice coming to Creighton where it costs a lot more money and I would be away from my mom in a whole new unfamiliar city. But I have a family here. And now that I am here, I have to finish what I've started. I made the right choice because Omaha is home away from home. I have incredible friends, the comforts of home right in my dorm, and my mama is just a FaceTime call away.

And I hope that you, the high school senior that is struggling to survive the depths of high school. That you too are looking forward to being in college, but at the same time just a little bit scared. Because that will push you to be the very best you can be.

Even I'm still a little, afraid News & Public Relations student struggling to get by because I'm broke, sleep deprived, but still thriving.