<p>Jyber, thanks so much for sharing your daughter’s post-graduation experience with us. With one kid in the throes of the college application process and my Smithie preparing for a second semester abroad, I’ve been busy with other preoccupations, but it is good to have a glimpse of the future.</p>
<p>One of the more poignant pieces of my daughter’s preparations for next semester is her realization that there are so many people she won’t see again – sophomores who will be doing JYA next year and won’t be around during her senior year, and seniors who will have graduated. Her desire to linger on campus as long as possible points to one of Smith’s more unsung virtues – the ease of developing friendships that cross boundaries of class year. At least it has been so in her case.</p>