the beginning of the end...

Summer is over, September is well under way, and school has begun once again.

The Freshmen have invaded, the Sophomores and Juniors have been reunited with each other, and the Seniors well... we're scared to death. Nobody has properly warned us that after four years we would have to go out and get jobs. Or maybe we just weren't listening. Sounds of partying are just so much more enticing.

But we're here. Nine short months until we get violently pushed into the real world. We've never been in the real world before. We entered school when we were five; we went through grammer school, junior high school, high school, and now what is called "higher education." With nearly two decades of straight school under our belts, part-time jobs for beer money aside, the real world is a far off and scary place.

Where do we start? On-campus recruitment, past internships, past jobs, connections, networking, skill sets, creativity, analysis, communication, and work, work, work. This is what we've worked for. This is what we've set ourselves up for. Are we ready?

Are we ready?

Probably not.

And so ensues Senior year, the end of our lives as we know it, and the beginning of our lives-to-be.