I could not have asked for a better end to senior year! This type of perfect can not be planned.
Not studying effectively during our final finals week. I'm actually going to miss our tech suite study sessions and maybe even the all-nighters. #wpiproblems
Packing up our emmense amount of stuff to move out of the dorms & kissing senior year good BYE! (Still wish we had a bonfire to burn all our old homework and exams, though) #chemengproblems
Celebrating mommy's birthday with some shopping and a delicious dinner at China Pearl. #ilovemymotherlikenoother
Endless excuses to eat more food (especially the 5 straight days of bacon during senior week)! #foodaddicts
Great happy hour birthday dinner at Sole :D And some yummy surprise pastries from some dear friends <3
Besides the excessive amount of eating, attempts at sleeping, and obsessive picture-taking, I'm glad all the seniors got to spend some time together before graduation. It's a little sad when you have to think about how everyone is going in different directions at various distances. But somehow we had the ability to hold back the tears and held our head up high when handed ours diplomas. I think it's at that point that we were so firm in our connection with one another that the fear of leaving is nothing compared to the future we know we'll have with one another. And also the confidence we have within ourselves that in the end, we'll be okay.
And it's a beautiful, empowering feeling; to know that even though we'll be miles, even continents apart, that our friends will always remain our friends and in the mean time, we can take care of ourselves. As it is cliche to say: so ends the chapter of our undergraduate careers, but unfolds the next. We are powerless to stop time, but we are all-powerful in our own paths on continuing along with time.
The past four years have been a struggle, but everything was worth it in the end. The self-battles, maintaining the "work hard, play hard" balance, the dreaded 8am classes, the infamous all-nighters (and late-night take-out snacks), the people we've encountered, the places we've been, the material we've crammed into our poor minds, all the experiences were worth it in the end; every single one of them. It's like everything was so unbelievably fantastic that it was all just a dream. We all grew so much in our little cocoons that were our little undergraduate careers.
If there's anything I've learned, it's that I could not have asked for more in my life. So I'll continue not asking. I'll work hard, spend time with those who matter, live and just appreciate it all. Most importantly, I'll take life one day at a time. Because that's all we get in the end, an accumulations of days; to enjoy the present. I stepped onto WPI campus for the first time in August 2009, and before I could even realize, I was already stepping off in May 2013. The days became weeks, became months, became years. The days don't pause for anyone and post-graduation life is no exception. The real world awaits, but the dream continues, one day at a time.
"When you graduate from college, they tell you to follow your dreams. Does anyone say you have to wake up first?"
-Bill Cosby
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Have a beautiful, amazing day!
-Chelle
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