With the technology now days it doesn't have to be as hard to keep in touch with high school friends once you all move to different colleges. To keep these friendships strong you should take advantage of all these advances in technology. Keeping in touch is one of the easiest if not most important ways of keeping your friendship strong when you are both at a different college. Absence can make the heart grow fonder. However, you will need to give and receive regular updates.

There are so many things you can use to keep in contact with your long distance friends. Use emails for long catch ups and text each other for the quick updates. There are social networking sites to stay in touch with each other not to mention blogs where you can add pictures of your fun times in your new college towns. There are also many chat rooms or instant messaging programs that can help bridge the distance. Technology can be used to help make the miles seem inconsequential. Remain in touch and share in the new world you are both discovering, this will help keep your friendship strong when you are far away from each other.

Remember any of your friends' important dates. This could be birthday, anniversaries or just major test dates. If you have remained in touch with each other these dates should be easy to find or know. Even if you send a quick email or e-card to your friend they will be touched that you remembered and the miles between you won't seem so vast. Knowing those important dates for your friend and sending them a little thinking of you item will help in keeping your friendship strong when you are both in separate colleges.

Find time to get together when you can. This may not be possible during the school months but if you are both going to be visiting your hometown you can try to schedule it at the same time. Technology is great and helps keep people in touch better than ever but a good face to face get together can't be beat. Talking to someone who is there can help fill any gaps that can occur when emailing, texting, or using instant message. When you are face to face you will be able to see genuine warmth and kindness, you will be able to share hugs and touches whenever they are needed. Technology is there to help these face to face moments will become better and can build on an already strong friendship.

Use silliness to keep your friendship strong when you move away to separate colleges. Think of making a crafty item to send back and forth. This could be as simple as a funny picture of the two of you or a scrapbook that is shared. Add events to the scrapbook and send to each other or try to use common items to surprise your friend in their new college. Having something that you both can share and remind you of the other one can help fill those miles between colleges and have you feeling like you are back together.