Paging Dr. Love: It is just bad timing?

My top priorities have always been school,  family and friends. Most college students have these three in common.

With the love and support of my family and friends, I hope to succeed in college and prepare myself as best I can for the workforce.

With my goals already set for the rest of my college career, adding a boyfriend to that list seemed totally out of the question.

I recently started telling myself that I have way too much on my plate to have a boyfriend or that it wouldn't be fair to have a relationship when all of my focus is on succeeding in school.

The problem is that love happens in the most unexpected ways, and when we close ourselves off to life's random chances, we risk missing that opportunity altogether.

After breaking up with my boyfriend of 10 months, I told myself that I was going to put all of my focus and energy into school and that I wasn't going to have any more boyfriends for a long while.

Then, about a month after the breakup, I met this really awesome guy.

I thought he was too good to be true. He was pretty much the sweetest guy with a great personality, totally adorable. What more can someone ask for?

We started hanging out, and the more I got to know him, the more I liked him—perfect timing, right?

No! It seriously had to be the worst timing ever seeing as how I had just told myself "no boyfriends, just school."

I was in the middle of my summer internship at Southern California Edison and getting ready for the fall semester to begin.

There was no way that I was going to let this guy, or any other guy for that matter, distract me from what was most important.

But the unusual yet most amazing thing about this guy, and the thing that made it extremely hard to keep to my plan of not having a boyfriend, was that he was supportive and totally understood that school was what mattered most.

Here is what I came to realize: great guys like this one don't come around too often. It isn't every day when you find someone who is honest and supportive with whatever you choose to do. When you find someone like that, no matter where you are in life, don't let him or her go.

Make it a point to try out something that you weren't expecting—meaning, don't be afraid of getting to know that guy or girl who sits next to you in biology class.

And, hey, if it doesn't work out, then it doesn't work out. At least you will never have to worry about regretting not taking that chance.

College is more than just sticking to your class schedule. You have to have a little bit of fun to make long-lasting memories.

Don't give yourself the opportunity to regret losing someone you never even had the chance to have.