How I Feel About My Last Term of College

Hailey Weston Student Contributor, University of Oregon

Oregon Contributor Student Contributor, University of Oregon

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Oregon chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

Flash back to the first day of school freshman year. Scared, unsure and overly excited was all I felt as I started my college career. Speed up to now, a senior in college, suddenly freaked out that four years have flown by in a blink of an eye. Adulthood is slowly approaching and I’m not so sure I’m ready for it. Four years sound like a long time to be living somewhere and creating a life, friends and a temporary place to call home, but time whips by when you’re having fun. College has been full of experiences and memories I am forever grateful for. It’s allowed me to grow by teaching me a lot about myself—one being how to cramming for a midterm. It’s had its fair share of ups and downs and moments of doubt, but nevertheless, I have made it to this point.

Here are the roller-coaster feelings and phases I experience every time I realize I’m in my last term of school:

1. Wait, I have to graduate?

2. But the real world is terrifying.

3. I can no longer live one block from my friends.

4. I have to navigate a new place, a new job and find new friends.

5. At least I won’t have homework.

6. Okay… maybe change isn’t so bad.

7. There’s no way to stop it, might as well embrace it.

Hailey Weston

Oregon

Hi! I'm Hailey. I am a senior at the Unviersity of Oregon studying Advertising. I am a workout nut and a Certified Personal Trainer at our campus REC center. In my free time you can find me outside, either hiking, biking or exercising. I am also completley obsessed with the fashion industry and will hopefully be going into Fashion Merchandising and Marketing in the near future.

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