Even though I havenâ™t been reunited with my Vandy friends yet (Iâ™m visiting this weekend though!) Iâ™ve been able to spend a bunch of time with high school friends!
For the past two/three weeks, most of my friends have been in town and weâ™ve been able to catch up during dinner, movies (I seriously recommend Safety Not Guaranteed), or car rides to Dollywood (Dolly Partonâ™s amusement park in East Tennesseeâ”itâ™s an experience, let me tell you). A few of my friends who go to UT have already moved in and weâ™ve hung out on campus and run into even more people we went to high school with. I might have even convinced my best friend Meg to visit me in London during one of her breaks in the fall.
People are often surprised to hear how well Iâ™ve kept in touch with kids from my high school but with technology these days, I donâ™t really think itâ™s that difficult. We constantly send mass text messages and even have a group on facebook entitled âœHigh School Besties,â where we post funny stories (my friend Blair canâ™t ride her bike without crashingâ¦), updates on our lives, or let each other know when weâ™ll be in town. Another habit of mine is calling someone to catch up whenever I have a long walk on campus by myself. Last semester, my Abnormal Psych class in Wilson got out at 4:30 and then I had to walk across campus to Highland Quad to get to my Mayfield, so that was prime talking time.
I know a lot of high schoolers are worried theyâ™ll never talk to their friends once they head off to colleges on opposite ends of the country, but in my experience, thatâ™s not usually the case. It takes a little bit of effort but the reward is totally worth itâ¦Iâ™m even looking forward to my high school reunion!
Source:
http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/insidedores/2012/08/high-school-memories/