On May 1, seniors officially made their college decisions. Afterwards, many large friend groups had a startling realization. These friend groups that have survived much of high school together are suddenly splitting up.
Senior Charlotte Caldwell’s friend group had the same realization. Before they made their decisions, the group had only talked about the schools they were touring and didn’t discuss their final decisions.
“We didn’t really talk about what colleges we’re all going to until we had all decided where we were going, and it ended up that no one wanted to go to the same place,” Caldwell said.
While it can be hard to say goodbye, senior Brooklyn Markovich and her friend group have plans to stay in contact with each other by texting and having group FaceTimes. They also plan to meet up while on breaks to keep the friendship alive.
“The people close to me have talked about planning to visit each other,” Markovich said. “Then, when we come back during winter break, we’ll hang out, and during Thanksgiving break, we’ll get together for a friendsgiving.”
Caldwell knows that leaving all of the certainty of a stable friend group can be difficult, however, she’s excited for the change. “I’m gonna miss a lot of my friends because I am really close with them and I like to hang out with them all the time,” Caldwell said. “But I’m excited to meet new people and be in a new environment.” Senior Seville Skinner agrees that the new community is gonna be a great part of the college journey.
“It’ll be hard to leave the friend group that we’ve had for so long, but it’ll be good to go out and make some more community and some more friends,” Skinner said. “I’ll definitely miss the friend group that I have here, too.”
Markovich knows that leaving her friend group will be sad, but she is looking to all the fun experiences college has to offer like joining a sorority and meeting new people.
“I know that it’s going to be easy for me to find my people since college is so big,” Markovich said.“If I can find a good group of girls at my high school, which is much smaller, I know I’ll find people who are right for me [at college]. I’m not really worried about making friends even though I’m definitely going to miss my [high school] friends a lot.”
