I think it all really started to sink in when I scheduled my degree audit.

You know, the big scary meeting you have with the lady from records and registration where she tells you what you’ve done right, or wrong, and when you’ll graduate?

That meeting where you write down how you want your name to be displayed on your diploma?

That’s when I started to realize how much time I have left at Baker.

It’s crazy to think that in a little more than a year, I’ll walk across a stage in Collins Center and be a BU graduate.

I’ll always be a lifelong learner, and I’ll always be looking to know more, but my time as an undergraduate will be done.

There will be no more lectured classes, or late nights trips to the Kwik, or that weekend party at one of the fraternities. No more sitting around the island in the Alpha Chi Omega kitchen having “kitchen talk” with my sorority sisters, and no more sleeping in a squeaky bunk bed.

I loved my time as a high school student, but I didn’t know I would love college as much as I have. I didn’t expect to meet my best friends, or learn some of the things I have learned at my time at Baker.

And, as the class of 2011 talks about graduating in a little more than a month, I’ve gotten nostalgic about my own graduation.

It’s weird to think about having a real job, or going to bed before 2 a.m. or not being in the Baker Orange newsroom on a Wednesday night.

It’s weird to think I won’t be attending sorority meetings or hanging out at a fraternity on the weekend.

It’s weird to think I won’t need to stay up all night working on a paper I put off until the last minute or setting up a group meeting at 11 p.m. on a Monday night.

Even though my time to graduate is still far off, I am still reflective about my BU experience.

But for now, I’m going to live up the rest of my time at Baker.

I’m going to continue to stay up late. I’m going to keep slaving away for the Baker Orange. I’ll keep attending sorority meetings and hanging out at fraternities.

Between now and graduation, I’m sure there will be a few all-nighters pulled in the library and group meetings will probably still be scheduled for late in the evening.

Because for now, I’m still a college student.

And that’s just what we do.