To my fellow seniors,

We have finally made it; three years have flown by within the blink of an eye and I will remember these years for the rest of my life. Most of us left our homes as young and nervous teenagers and now we are adults, entering our final year of undergrad. As we have been told, senior year tends to be the most bittersweet, because we have become accustomed to a certain type of environment. An environment where the people you live with are friends who have become family, where our responsibilities are very real yet we still feel like kids at heart, where feeling young and sometimes doing recklessthings are what make up our wildest memories. I want to make the extra effort to keep up with old friends and meet up with people more often because the reality of our situation is that once we leave, we can always visit one another but we might not have the luxury of being just five minutes away from the next person.

As we begin this fourth and final chapter I urge everyone to step out of their comfort zone to experience new things-- whether it comes to just speaking up in class or even going out with your friends. It is easy to fall back into old patterns and relax, which is fine from time to time, but without taking chances we will never make mistakes to learn from, and we will not have lessons to share.

Instead of leaving with regrets and statements about “what could have been”, leave with the feeling of satisfaction that you have accomplished what you wanted to. Moments may pass but these memories will never fade—we’re finally seniors, let’s make this year the best one yet.