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Hello Senior Year, Oh Boy Did The Years Fly By!!

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Utica chapter.

Realizing that you’re officially a senior in college, is the scariest thing ever. This is the moment you realize that your college career is almost over and the real world is right around the corner. We find ourselves asking where the time went and how fast it flew by.

But overall we realize that we have had a great college experience and that we wouldn’t change it for the world. The reason being that we learned things that we couldn’t learn anywhere else. We were able to make lifelong friends who stood by us no matter what and showed us the right path when we messed up.

We were also able to meet professors who will always have our backs and helped us in every way possible to succeed. They spent countless hours of their time making sure we understood everything in the course material, whether through office hours or during their personal time. We end up realizing that through the three years prior, the amount of work they gave us was to prepare us.

This is a time we also reminisce about our first year in college ,sophomore year  and our junior year, wishing we could go back and relive it all over again. Overall, college is the place where we learn, grow, and prosper in everything that we do.

Most importantly, if I could go back and do it all over again I would. College is where I found my second family who deal with me on the daily basis. The best way to look at it is: a chapter of your life closing, while another one opens.

 

Meet Chantelle, I am Chantelle,currently a Junior at Utica College majoring in Public Relations and Journalism to receive my Bachelors of Science degree. I am the treasurer for the Residence Hall Association at Utica College, in which i help students to improve the environment of their residence halls by fundraising to bring enjoyable and inclusive activities to residents.I believe that helping to improve the residence halls will allow students to not only appreciate, but respect their living spaces. I work in the Writing center as a tutor. I am a member of The National Society of Leadership and Success and a sister of Theta Phi Alpha.
Meet Bianca, I am currently a Junior at Utica College in Utica, NY.  I am a Criminal Justice major with a concentration in Homeland Security.  Crime investigation has always been something that interests me.  I’m dedicated and passionate and it’s hard for me to quit things. I get that from my father so don’t hold it against me- he was a veteran and police officer for 20 years.   Growing up in a family centered around law enforcement has helped guide me in this direction, and I will forever be grateful.  After graduation I intend to continue on to law school where I can further my education in hopes of becoming a criminal defense lawyer and later on a District Attorney.  An interesting fact about myself is that I found the passion to be a criminal defense lawyer from watching the O.J. Simpson case.  The facts and conspiracy theories evoked a whole new passion behind criminal investigation that I intend to use in my future.  One of my most prominent moments in my writing career was when I wrote for an online magazine and had my most prevalent article hit 1.6k shares.  I believe in treating people with the same kind of respect and manners you would expect in return, and in a way it has helped shaped my expectations in life.   When you first meet me I won’t be the loudest in the room or the center of attention, but I will be intently listening to everything you say, for what you have to say may have a purpose. I believe in purpose. I believe that everyone is here to help you grow into who you are today and who you will be tomorrow.