The Reality of Long Distance Friendships in College: Why My High School Friend Group Is Just As Close After Freshman Year

The Reality of Long Distance Friendships in College: Why My High School Friend Group Is Just As Close After Freshman Year

In the summer before my freshman year of college, I was worried about making friends there, but also keeping my closest friends from high school. Growing up, my experiences with long distance friendships usually meant goodbye to that friend. Whether it was because someone had moved away, changed sports teams, or we had ‘grown apart,’ I had few long distance friendships that could be deemed successful, and I did not want that to happen to my high…