You have spent the past four or so years learning and growing up. There have been a lot of changes in these years with some of them teaching you a lesson or two. You have had your triumphs and sometimes even failures, but now you are a senior. You have one year left until you can hold that diploma. Your senior year is awesome and here's why.

1. You know how to navigate campus.

By now, you have mastered the art of power walking across campus to make it to your class. This is critical when your professor runs class way over the scheduled time on a consistent basis. Being able to execute your way through the crowds of students in a timely manner makes a difference between being on time or being locked out of class.

2. You get to know your professors.

Making friends with your professors and peers can be terrifying. However, over the past few years, you have managed to get to know people. This is especially good for potential letters of references as well as looking at your professors as mentors instead of monsters. Over the years you make connections with these educators. Perhaps you might have even learned something by getting to know them.

3. Classes do not seem as intimidating.

Think back to your first day of freshman year. Do you remember how nerve wracking it was? The constant fear of writing papers or giving a speech made you want to curl up in a ball and cry. Those fears have all came and went. By now you're a pro at all-nighters and sprucing up papers to make the page count. Four-some years of college has made you efficient in budgeting your time.

4. You know where prime parking is.

For those of us who have commuted to college, parking can be your worst enemy. My sophomore year alone, I was twenty minutes late for my first class of the semester. Why? Because parking can be awful. However, you have learned the best times and places to get the Olympic medal of parking spots. By mastering the parking war, you save time and that means more time to snag a coffee in the morning.

5. You are almost done.

There is light at the end of the tunnel. All these years have not been wasted, even though there were plenty of times where you felt as it was. You are almost graduated and about to close one chapter of your life. You are months away from starting your dream. All these years spent at college will be cherished memories you will always have. Congrats my friend, you did it!