Dear 16 Year-Old Me,

Hi. This is you from the future. There are a few things that you should know. First off, you know how much high school sucked up until senior year? Don't worry. College isn't going to be like that. Well, freshman year isn't going to be that great, but sophomore year is going to be awesome. Just try to study a bit more, k? So don't worry about making friends, because you're going to meet some awesome people. That isn't the point of this letter.

The point of the letter is that even though you're going to meet some awesome people, you're going to have some trouble opening up to them. But try to do it anyway. Because you're going to need them, and if you keep being a bitch to them, eventually you're going to lose them. And then you won't have anyone to rely on but yourself. And that sucks.

But the most important piece of advice is that you can't rely on your parents forever. So make plans now so that when the time comes that they aren't there for you anymore you can be there for yourself.