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Thursday, January 30, 2025

Is Senioritis Taking its Toll? Have You Made your Post Graduation Plans Yet?

   Is senioritis hitting you quick this winter? If you’re a freshman reading this, don’t think that this common cold can’t hit you too. All of us college students face course overload and try to balance everything, taking on so much more (or less) than we were used to in high school. We have four (or more) short years of college; the time we spend here will go by fast, like it or not. I’ll admit it is scary to hear family relatives repeatedly tell me how fast college will go by. Thank you, I am aware, please don’t spoil it for me. Two days ago felt like last semester, and now I have to worry about classes other than LSEM? It is going by quickly. It seems depressing when I start to think about just how fast four years will go; it’s like a dark cloud looming over me. But I have to face the reality of the situation: college doesn’t last forever. This brings me to the real question. What in the world am I going to do when I have to leave Longwood?

   Unfortunately, freshmen, that dark cloud never leaves you as the years go on. Of course, I don’t think that graduating and moving on is a negative thing. Regardless of if you know what you want to do right when you graduate or if you are still considering your options, the idea of becoming an adult in the “workforce” gives everyone a little nervous energy. Whether you would like to admit it or not, most college-age students think about their future quite often. Despite whether or not you wish to show how you feel, everyone gets scared about life after graduation.

   It’s perfectly okay to be anxious/nervous/ scared/excited, petrified even, especially when you think about entering the real world. Living in a residence hall isn’t an option, there will be no dining hall and not much will be prepaid. Don’t worry, though. During these four years, you’ll figure out your own career path, or just your own path, and follow it. Sure, it might be scary, but everyone gets scared once in a while. You have to believe you worked your way through college to get to graduation. Senior or not, focus on what you can do to achieve those future goals, because the nerves will still be there regardless. When considering the list of differences between college and high school life, I would most definitely add thinking about post-graduation, pre-real-world life under the college column.

   More closely, I would say having to decide what exactly I want to do when the time comes. In high school, you brush it off and say, “I don’t have to think about that now,” but then you enter college thinking the same thing. Before you know it, a few months go by, maybe a semester or two, and then you realize, “Wow, I should really start thinking about what I want to do, now.” It’s great if you do know what field you want to go into, but you don’t have to know. As long as you’re thinking about post-graduation blues, just realize that it’s important to begin thinking about your options.