Suri Cruise, 18, cuts a casual figure in off-the-shoulder blouse and colorful bottoms while stepping out with pals in NYC

Suri Cruise, the daughter of Katie Holmes, 45, and Tom Cruise, 61, was spotted stepping out with pals on Wednesday in New York City.

The teen cut a casual figure in an off-the-shoulder ribbed dark green top, paired with colorful baggy trousers.

Suri, 18, wore slip on sandals and had a large bag slung over one shoulder.

The brunette teenager – who is now using her mother’s middle name as a last name – is set to head off to Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh in the fall.

Suri Cruise , the daughter of Katie Holmes , 45, and Tom Cruise , 61, was spotted stepping out with pals on Wednesday in New York City

The teen cut a casual figure in an off-the-shoulder ribbed dark green top, paired with colorful baggy trousers

Her sighting comes weeks after she attended her high school prom with with her boyfriend Toby Cohen.

Suri revealed her college in a TikTok where she and her friends wore each other their chosen college’s sweatshirt, revealing the name to the camera.

The teen, whose famous father has had no part in her upbringing, has always been determined to forge her own way.

She applied to a host of colleges with the artistic teen ‘leaning towards’ studying fashion.

Carnegie Mellon’s School of Design is one of the oldest and most highly ranked programs in the country.

Now, with her acceptance into its hallowed halls, a notably chic mother and a wardrobe said to be worth $5million, Suri is off to the best possible start if that is her chosen path.

One insider told DailyMail.com: ‘She is a smart girl, and she is turning into a very intelligent mature young woman. She has a very close group of loyal friends, and she knows exactly where she comes from.’

But though Holmes will surely be proud of her daughter’s stellar achievement sources say she is ‘overwhelmed’ at the thought of sending her little girl off to college.

Speaking recently, one told DailyMail.com: ‘Katie takes great pride in her but is also extremely overprotective.’

Perhaps it’s little wonder given that, for the past 11 years, Holmes has effectively raised Suri solo.

Dad Cruise seen with a very young Suri on the streets of Manhattan in 2008 when he was still wed to Holmes; seen in 2008

MailOnline revealed in 2016 that Katie feared she would lose Suri to Scientology, after seeing how Tom’s first wife Nicole Kidman became distanced from the children she adopted with him – pictured in 2018

Katie and Tom are pictured with a baby Suri in 2006 – heading to their wedding rehearsal dinner in Italy

Tom’s only input to his daughter’s life has been financial and he hasn’t been seen with his daughter since 2013, after Holmes quit both the marriage and the Church of Scientology – the religion to which Cruise is so devoted.

According to their divorce settlement, Cruise agreed to pay Holmes $400,000 a year until Suri turned 18 and will continue to pay for her college fees as well.

Under the terms of their agreement, though he may be physically absent from his daughter’s life, he has and will continue to cover, ‘medical, dental, insurance, education, college and other extracurricular costs.’