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For My Best Friends Who Just Graduated High School

This is the first day of the rest of your lives

Paige Raines

Jun 20, 2016

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

For My Best Friends Who Just Graduated High School

Paige Raines

Dear My Best Friends,

Congratulations, you did it! Last year you watched me walk across that stage and receive my diploma. You watched my whole entire high school career end, in the blink of an eye. Now, it is your turn. You have graduated high school and now you are off to college. This will be the first day of the rest of your life. The second day of the rest of your life will be the day you move onto your college campus and so on and so forth. I am so extremely proud of you for getting through high school, I know that seems like a small feat but some kids do not make it to this day. I know that you will just continue to make me so unbelievably proud of you.

I feel that it is my responsibility as your older friend to shed some words of wisdom. First off be wary of the things that people say, you never know if their intentions are actually good or if they really just want to hurt you. Along with that do not trust people who want to become your best friend after just two days of knowing you, they may not be genuine. Second, be nice to your roommate. Even if they are the sloppiest or weirdest person you have ever met be nice, they could easily make your life hell. Third, hold on to your friends from home. Those people could be your savior, I know that you were mine. Fourth, you have the option to skip classes especially if professors who do not take attendance. Do not do it! Go to class you're paying for it. Fifth, get involved. Do not sit around in your room watching Netflix all day. Go out, meet some new people. Finally, have some fun. You have your whole life to be overly serious, college is meant to be fun so take advantage of that. Do not have too much fun though school and classes come first!

I love you guys and I am excited what life could bring all of us. Just remember no matter where we all go in life we have each other. I will always be there for you, to guide you or be your shoulder to cry on. Make the most out of this time to figure out who you truly are. Experience all that college has to offer before we have to settle down and have adult jobs with adult responsibility. Happy Graduation.

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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...

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

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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.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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