Senior Year Bucket List 2023: 75 Things To Do Before College

End your senior year of high school right with this bucket list of 75 things to do before going to college.

Ah yes, senior year of high school!

It’s the last year of high school that people either seem to love and want to last forever or want to end as soon as possible.

But regardless, always remember: You only have one senior year of high school ever in your life–so it’s best to make every moment count.

In today’s blog post, I will be sharing the ultimate senior year bucket list. This bucket list will contain 75 fun, memory-making, and inspiring ways to end your senior year of high school with a bang.

So without further-ado, let’s get started...

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Senior year bucket list: 75 things to do before heading off to college

Attend at least one football game
Attend Prom
Go on a college tour
Take a photo on the first and last day of school
Write a thank you letter to your favorite high school teacher
Try every kind of cafeteria food
Take a photo with every single friend
Write a letter to your high school crush
Create a scrapbook of your favorite high school memories
Go on a senior year trip
Participate in Senior Week
Go to at least one chorus, orchestra, or band concert at your school
Go to at least one theatre performance at your school
Go to a bonfire
Buy high school spirit wear as keepsakes
Take a photo with your mascot
Get featured in your yearbook or newspaper
Join a club
Attend a pep rally and really get into it
Walk across the stage at graduation
Go to at least one other high school sporting event besides football
Dress up super fancy one day for class
Go to one percentage night for your high school
Participate in Community Service Day
Attend the Homecoming Dance
Write a letter to yourself
Make a college bucket list
Tell each of your teacher’s “thank you”
Send a candy gram during Valentine’s Day to each of your friends
Go to a football tailgate
Stand in the front row of the student area during a football game
Walk every hallway in your high school
Try every piece of food and soda from the vending machine
Go to school one day fully decked out in your high school’s spirit colors
Wear a costume to school on Halloween
Go dress shopping for Homecoming and Prom
Take graduation photos
Plan your graduation party
Go to a graduation party
Have a deep conversation about life and the future with one friend
Read the first paper you wrote in high school and then read your latest one
Race a friend down the hallway
Make a new friend
Witness one promposal
Kiss your significant other in the hallway
Create a playlist of all your favorite songs from high school and jam out to it
Watch the entire series of High School Musical movies
Watch one half-time show at a football game in it’s entirety
Draw a picture on your high school parking spot with chalk
Write a senior year message on your friend’s car with car window paint
Take tons of selfies
Friend everyone in your senior class on Facebook
Take a photo with your college acceptance letter and post it to social media
Write a thank you note to your parents
Start a Pinterest board to get you inspired for college
Create a memory box for your high school memories
Wear fuzzy socks to class
Sign all your BFFs yearbooks
Start a daily journal or diary you can reflect back on in the future
Write a letter to each of your friends
Do your makeup super nice one day for school
Try out one new hairstyle
Ask someone out on a date
Have a sleepover
Create a senior yearbook ad
Take a funny high school ID photo
Get out of your comfort zone at least once
Attend a rival high school’s football game
Volunteer to read to kids at a local elementary school
Spend extra time with your high school friends
But also spend extra time with your family too, especially if you’re moving away for college
Go dorm room shopping
Do a closet clean out
Dance in your graduation robe
Explore the city of where your high school is located

Concluding thoughts on senior year bucket list

Senior year of high school is such a special time in your life and you only get to do it once.

I personally wish I could have done more my senior year of high school because I basically spent most of my time studying, applying to colleges, playing in the orchestra, and working on the yearbook for my high school. And I didn’t have much of a social life either!

I truly hope this list of 75 things to do your senior year of high school has inspired you and given you plenty of ideas of things to do before college.