Senior year is a very complicated time in the eyes of many students.

There are so many important choices that seniors have to make in order to prepare for the following year. This is a vital year that will possibly affect a student’s life.

Choosing a college or university is a very tough choice. There are many criteria that a school must possess to attract an individual student.

A lot of students pick their colleges based on what they would like to study and possibly major in.

This might be the case for most students, but there are some who base where they want to go to college on where their significant other will attend.

This decision could permanently damage the future of a student.

Dr. Aaron Striegel, counselor for Advanced Program students at Trinity, believes that guys shouldn’t base their decisions on where their girlfriends are going to college.

He added that even if a couple chooses to stay together but go to different schools, relationships still may not last.

“What I’ve seen is it doesn’t work because they end up discovering someone in their classes or social functions,” Striegel said.

Striegel isn’t totally against the idea of staying together with a significant other when heading off to college.

Striegel himself made a relationship work for three years when he was in a long-distance relationship.

He said, “It takes a lot more commitment and creativity in order to make it work.”

Senior Nick Frederick has a completely different outlook on the situation. He said, “Couples trying to make it work going to two different schools doesn’t work. College is too much fun for long-distance relationships.”

Senior Kyle Hartlage, who plans to attend the University of Kentucky, has a girlfriend who will be attending a school in Ohio next year.

Hartlage said they will most likely break off the relationship at the end of the school year.

“It will make it a lot easier to say bye to each other,” Hartlage said.

Some other seniors have chosen to go to the same school as their significant others. Among them are seniors Anthony Kelley, who will be attending Murray State, and Matt Grayson, who is going to UK. They say their transitions will be a lot easier because their girlfriends are going to the same schools.

“We know that we will both be hanging around the same people so that’s good to know,” said Grayson, whose girlfriend is a senior at SHA.

“We are very fortunate to get to go to the same college,” added Kelley, who dates a senior from Assumption.