62 Instagram Captions to Celebrate the New School Year (Class Is *So* Back in Session!)

Picture this: Summer is over, and everyone is heading back to campus (or settling into college life for the first time). It’s time for a new semester! And what better way to announce that you’re ready to take on your new classes and adventures than with an Instagram photo and a fitting caption celebrating the new semester?

Whether you’re ready to pick back up right where you left off before break, or you’re looking forward to a fresh start, there’s an Instagram caption that will help you make your intentions clear. So, get settled into your space, reunite with your roomies, snap some IG-worthy pics, and pair them with one of these caption ideas.

1. That fresh notebook feeling!
2. Goodbye, summer break. Hello, syllabus week.
3. New semester, new major (again).
4. Ready (and excited) to do the work.
5. Bought all my books before they sold out!
6. Here’s to late-night study sessions and early-morning coffee runs!
7. A very warm welcome back.
8. In my “doing homework right away” era.
9. Feeling at home in the front of the class.
10. Love getting back into the swing of things!
11. I’m a much better note-taker than last year.
12. BRB, gonna go crush my first day back.
13. It’s a good semester to have a good semester.
14. One step closer to turning the tassel.
15. Excited to be back with my second family.
16. I have a feeling the tassel’s going to be worth the hassle.
17. Coming up, on this season of college.
18. In my intelligent and productive era.
19. New semester, new me.
20. Ooh, I set up the perfect schedule!

1. Cosplaying as a student who wakes up on time this semester.
2. About to drastically reduce my screen time.
3. At least the new school year means back-to-school shopping!
4. I came. I saw. I forgot what time my class was.
5. Pretending I’m not already behind on readings.
6. Quizzes, homework, exams, oh my!
7. Phew, I didn’t forget how to get to the dining hall.
8. Thank you, last year me, for creating the most banging study playlists.
9. One day in — and I haven’t needed to pull an all-nighter yet!
10. Procrastination? Don’t know her!
11. I’m turning in assignments at 11:58 p.m. this semester — 2 minutes to spare is an improvement!
12. Here’s hoping I didn’t forget everything I learned last year.
13. Repeat after me: “I will not fall asleep in my 8 a.m. lecture.”
14. Get in, loser, it’s a new semester.
15. My alarm is making a comeback. 
16. Had to turn my Canvas notifications back on.
17. Classes at 8 a.m. are so last semester.
18. My degree is playing hard to get. 
19. We are soooo back!
20. Semester motto: Keep your friends close and your study snacks closer.
21. At least I knew not to enroll in an 8 a.m. this semester. 
22. Is it fall break yet? 
23. Ready or not, (not) here Canvas comes.

1. “I’ve got real big expectations.” —Olivia Rodrigo, “Expectations”
2. “You’re gonna go far.” —Noah Kahan, “You’re Gonna Go Far”
3. “Anything could happen.” —Ellie Goulding, “Anything Could Happen”
4. “If I go, there’s just no telling how far I’ll go.” —Auli’i Cravalho, “How Far I’ll Go”
5. “Let’s go back, back to the beginning.” —Hilary Duff, “Come Clean”
6. “This could be the start of something new.” —High School Musical
7. “I’m just beginning. The pen’s in my hand, ending unplanned.” —Natasha Bedingfield, “Unwritten”
8. “Don’t give up, no, no, no. I’m free to be the greatest, I’m alive.” —Sia, “The Greatest”
9. “It always feels good to put something you’re proud of out in the world.” —Sabrina Carpenter
10. “Be about that action, and go do it. Keep your eye on your intention.” —Beyoncé
11. “You do have to actually believe that this could become the biggest thing. You have to put your mind there.” —Alex Cooper
12. “There are no mistakes, only opportunities.” —Tina Fey, Bossypants
13. “If you don’t try things and take risks, you don’t really grow and figure out what you want.” —Zendaya
14. “The best is yet to come.” —Frank Sinatra, “The Best Is Yet to Come” 
15. “Thank u, next.” —Ariana Grande, “Thank U, Next”
16. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” —Steve Martin
17. “A lot going on at the moment.” —Taylor Swift
18. “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” —David Bowie
19. “Look around for a second. You notice? It’s not so scary anymore.” — Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls