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To The College Senior Ready For The Real World

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To The College Senior Ready For The Real World

Senior year of college is definitely a weird time in life. It's that time where you are sitting in your classes realizing you will be done with your undergraduate degree in less than 6 months. You did it!

Fear. Doubt. Excitement. Struggles. Successes. Changes. Accomplishments.

Throughout these four years, the emotions and experiences students go through are a once in a lifetime experience. If you have the means and drive to get your undergraduate degree at a university or college, you should do it. College is a time not only to further your education but to learn a ton about yourself and what you truly want for your life.

Think about it. When you enter college, you are 18 and probably leaving home for the first time. You have probably only seen a tiny bit of the world, and this is the beginning of a huge experience. You are placed with many individuals who come from completely different backgrounds.

Like anything in life, it has its pluses and minuses. But, the experience you gain is once in a lifetime.

When you have a bad day. When you don't want to get out of bed. When you land an internship. When you are honored at a university event. When you attend the football game for the last time. All of these things, each and every day, come and go within the blink of an eye.

But...one day you'll be ready.

One day it will just click.

You'll be perfecting your resume. Meeting with career advisors. Thinking hard about what you truly want. Applying to different positions. Pricing out apartments. You'll be invested in yourself. You'll think of your true dreams.

Everything is possible at this point.

But hey, college senior, do not consume your time only on these things. Try to enjoy. Try to live those last few young adult moments. Hangout with whoever you want. Stay up late at night. Live your last college moments - it does not last forever.

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