I've always done the safest thing, which is to assume that it's going to feel like that, to assume that you're going to feel like a freshman in a group of seniors - if you expect the worst, then it's never going to be that bad.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me.
I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.
When you're in school, every little mistake is a permanent crack in your windshield. But in the real world, if you're not swerving around and hitting the guard rails every now and then, you're not going fast enough. Your biggest risk isn't failing; it's getting too comfortable.
Maybe everyone is a little too reassuring that things are going to be OK to college graduates. It gives them a false sort of security.
By the time you're 18, 19, you know yourself, and you shouldn't go against your gut feeling, which is a temptation in the first year of university.
Every year, I am reminded of the kids who aren't in the freshman class and aren't graduating. I remember every single one of them. That is the worst of times for me, to see the future snuffed out.
When I was in high school, there was no safe haven, there was no outlet for you to speak your mind.
For college seniors there should be a week of being allowed to cry. Just break down and cry because you are scared and don't know what's next.
There is never anyone quite so wonderful as the people who were seniors when you were a freshman.
There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for me if I don't go yet.