Six days...To loosly paraphrase Gwen Harwood
A schoolife of marvels folded down to a little space.
Sure, it's going to be sad, but it is really a threshold, and this change must be embraced. While it does involve 'paying a price' in the form of a comfort that we have collectively acquired over our schoollives, it is nevertheless necessary.
Personally, I intend to hopefully avoid post-graduation depression by maintaining contact with friends from school, and by occasionally visiting school's confines..