<p>Come to think of it…I’m actually more terrified than excited. Before I graduated from HS, I felt really excited that I would be entering college in a few months…but now…i dont know…its hard to leave all your family and friends. I mean this is the real world…you’re by yourself and there’s no one to help you with stuff…I think I would be a real struggle for me to transition to college life. Plus…not to mention that I have to leave my twin sister. (she’s attending UCR and I’m attending CSUN)…I mean I really do want to go separate colleges…but we have been together for 18 years…its going to be hard. I mean I’m sure college will be a really fun & great experience and you get to be free…its just that I will miss a lot of people…especially my close friends. ;[ Plus, I don’t have any friends that will be attending the same college with me…so it sucks…I wish I have a longer summer so I can spend more time with my friends before I leave…</p>
<p>The only thing that I miss about high school is that you have much more time to hangout with friends…in college, all your friends are busy and you rarely will see one another. </p>
<p>How do you guys feel about leaving to college in a few months? Which college you will be attending?</p>
<p>i’m good with it. im more worried about the initial move in and making friends. i know i’ll survive but i don’t just want to survive i want to thrive. i just hope i made the right choice with my college. im almost positive i have but there’s always the doubt</p>
<p>I actually also have a twin sister. We’re going to be 11 hours apart; she’s staying near home, and I’m going to Valparaiso University in Indiana.
I’m sad to leave a lot of my friends, because many of them took the “stay in-state” route, but I’ve met some nice people at Valpo, and I think I’m gonna have a really great four years there.</p>
<p>meh…I don’t really care much…I am only excited about one thing…my roommate is gonna be a girl!! It will be nice living w/ a different sex for a change after staying at home for 18 yrs w/ 2 brothers.</p>
<p>I can not wait to just leave my house. Not being asked every 20 minutes if I want something to eat from my parents. If I was hungry I would make my own sandwich ma!</p>
<p>I think I’ll have less time to hang out. I’ll have a part time job, have to study alot so i don’t lose my scholarship, join few activities etc…The only upside is…there won’t be any time left for me to get high. So i’ll have to quit by force =)</p>
<p>I’m actually very ready to be at college. I’ve been ready since February to be honest. After 1st semester senior year high school was a joke. I’m going to be a freshman at UCR this fall which is sort of bittersweet, as Riverside doesn’t have that college-town atmosphere to it like U.Penn and Bekereley, but its still 10x better than high school. No parents nagging you (parents via phone is manageable), no waking up at 6 a.m. for school (unless your into that), and the list goes on. It’s going to be one of the most intense, liberating experiences of our lives, and its a challenge I am ready to accept.</p>
<p>LOL @ college being the real world! I don’t think you, (or myself for that matter) can say anything about the “real world” until you have a mortgage and children. Go back to being excited. It’s going to be awesome - nothing like the real world.</p>
<p>im so excited about college. my move in date is 8/19. a month away. i’m starting shopping and everything. and i’m going 2 ask my roommate will she b ok wit a stripper pole in r room</p>
<p>I’m excited about college, but also a little nervous. After orientation I feel a lot better about starting school since I met some cool people and got all the classes I wanted.</p>
<p>I think the worst part is that I will have hardly any time to socialize. I am doing a double major, Piano performance and Electrical Engineering, so since I will have to practice piano for 5+ hours every day and study on top of that and go to classes, I am going to be going crazy. But other than that, I am really excited to get away from home.</p>
<p>I’m not worried or particularly exited, I desperately want classes to start though because I have nothing to do all summer. I’m happy to finally be learning something useful. I’m absolutely sick of the pointless classes that I’ve been enduring.</p>
<p>I was super excited before I even went to orientation, and then since I went, it’s been even more exciting! I’ve met some really awesome people, seen the dorms, gotten my schedule and everything. Now I just have to wait til 8/29 (move in day).</p>
<p>Yeah, there’s stuff I want to do this summer, but when it’s over, I know that I’ll be extremely ready to go.</p>
<p>I’ve been accepted to my school for over a year so I’ve been excited for a while. It’s going to be different. I’m the only one from my high school going to this college, but I’m glad. It gives me more opportunity to meet new people. I’ve already made some awesome friends. Move in day is approaching quickly, and I’m pumped.</p>
<p>First of all, college is hardly “the big scary real world.” In fact it’s quite the opposite: the safe, sheltered security bubble.</p>
<p>I mean, you may eventually decide to live off campus or go study somewhere abroad. But likely in your first year, all the rent/ bills/ internet/ utilties, etc are already taken care of - and you get food served before you. Sure, you’ll have to do laundry and wake yourself up on time. Oh no. You can still call your parents if you have a problem.</p>
<p>Also, I don’t know why everyone thinks you’ll have no free time in college. Unless you’re commuting for three hours, you have a ton more freetime in college than you do in high school. Imagine high school. Then imagine, instead of that, you only have to show up to an hour-long class once or twice a day - IF YOU WANT TO. You have LOADS more free time in college - you may not even know what to do with yourself.</p>
<p>I’m double majoring and it’s not more work, really - it all depends on your hours - you can double major with 15 hours a semester and be perfectly fine. The only way you’re going to run yourself thin is with club things - especially theatre shows.</p>
<p>You’ll hang out with friends more often actually. Hell, you’re practically living with them - and you will be literally living with your friends sophomore year (if you choose to).</p>
<p>Also, I have a twin brother and we went to different universities. It’s for the best - you are no longer seen as the “twin unit.” I would get excited that you have four years of college ahead of you - b/c it’s a ton of fun generally.</p>
<p>High school sucks; college is awesome. Hopefully this has relieved some tension.</p>
<p>you all think that it’s tough for you moving in in the middle of august, try having to wait until 9/11 long after all your friends have already started college and are already gone.</p>
<p>but i’m still pumped. i haven’t had orientation yet, nor will I until 9/11, but i still can’t wait and i have been pumped since april.</p>
<p>3Point7Student-only some parts of the east coast are cold. boston does still have some really cold days, but on average it’s not terribly cold, only the low to mid 20s. to many that seems cold, but see as most of the days this winter in buffalo were not about 10 degrees, it’s not that bad. you’ll get used to it. and wear layers, lots of them, especially if you have to walk around outside.</p>