Your senior year of college comes with a lot of responsibility and decisions. You are supposed to have it all figured out your senior year impending graduation. In my case, I’ve had an extra semester to figure it all out. Because of the way my major track/concentration is set up, I had to come back for one semester and take two classes. I’ve accepted it for a while now, which wasn’t easy. But now, being in my last semester of college, I am full of mixed emotions.
For the longest time, I thought I would be so excited and ready for my last semester to be over. Now only having three months left in my college career, I am clinging on to every experience that I can. I’m realizing how much I’m going to miss seeing my college friends every day and the carefree attitude that comes with college.
Don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely looking forward to the day where I don’t have to go to class, do homework and study any more. But it’s suddenly hitting me that I am going to miss the way that my life has been for the last couple of years. I’m going to miss every part of college, even those stressful days where you just want to drop out. I’m even going to miss people getting in my way while I’m walking on campus and the long lines at the library Starbucks.
I’ve started looking for jobs and my mind is like: “wait, I actually have to be an adult?” I have to wake up early, go to work every day and pay for adult expenses. Where as in college, I had a few classes a day or sometimes every other day. Despite the stress that comes with college, all I had to do was keep up with my classes and student organizations that I was in. I have been going to school since preschool and now all of a sudden, my academic journey is ending.
I have been looking forward to my last semester of college ever since I started college. But now that it’s here, I want it to go by as slow as possible. I’ve promised myself that despite the senior stress, I am going to live it up during my last semester.
I’m going to go out with my friends, meet new people, have new experiences and try all of the best food that Richmond has to offer. Even though I’m from Richmond and can easily come back to campus, it wouldn’t be the same. I’m not going to let anyone or anything hold me back from getting the most out of my last semester of college.
I wasn’t exactly thrilled when I heard that I had to stay for an extra semester and only take two classes. But now I’m kind of glad, I get more time with my friends and get to make even more memories.
I’m going to cherish every day of my last semester and live it up (while applying for jobs of course).