7. Milestones Are Experienced Together

The late teen years and early 20s are filled with many of life’s most treasured milestones. Everything from the first night of legal alcohol consumption to graduation is experienced in a group dynamic. Having close friends to enjoy these important moments with means that they will forever be etched onto your heart.

8. Sharing Of Secrets

You can tell your college friends anything. Stories are swapped about that crush back home that you never got a chance to be with or that cute person from your biology lab that you wish you had the nerve to strike up a conversation with. By swearing each other to secrecy about these embarrassing secrets, you are beginning to build a lifelong bond.