<p>living in a small town in kentucky, you can’t blame me for wanting to study elsewhere. has anyone here gone to college this far? i’ve been thinking about it a lot lately, and i dont really have anyone else to consult this matter with. my parents didn’t go to college and everyone i know is staying around. whats it like showing up not knowing anyone? should i fly and buy everything when i get there or should i drive 30 hours? will i get homesick? will it be worth it? and any other hopeful advice you can offer. thanks:)</p>
<p>I believe there’s a passage in the bible something like </p>
<p>“If thou has a chance to leave Kentucky, thou should totally leave Kentucky. Srsly”.</p>
<p>There you go, in the words of God himself.</p>
<p>hahahhaha clever. although i bet you’ve never tasted the sweet tea we have here in the south…</p>
<p>Haha, sorry to hijack this thread, but my friend here in Oregon once tried some sweet tea made by another friend from South Carolina… as soon as the liquid touched his tongue he was throwing up for a good quarter of an hour, haha. I guess too much sugar? :D</p>
<p>that could be for a variety of different reasons. i know that i can’t make decent sweet tea for the life of me (although ive never gotten sick from it). but i know mcdonalds sure can. when i went up north last summer i was in a restuarant asking for sweet tea and they didn’t even have it…most likely why i was the only one there. :)</p>
<p>I lived in NC for two years. I thought the sweet tea was kinda not really that good at all :)</p>
<p>Seriously though, get away from Kansas. Either go to Cali or NYC. Anywhere else is sub-par.</p>
<p>As for driving or flying, I would drive. Maybe make a road trip out of it; could be super fun!</p>
<p>I’m from Hawaii and I go to school in California. I didn’t know anyone before coming here. If your parents can come to help you move in/buy stuff that would be helpful. I was never really homesick because I was just busy with school all the time. I’d usually forget to call every week.</p>
<p>NonAntiAnarchist, its kentucky not kansas. but thanks haha</p>
<p>I thought I was ready to move on from the same city I’ve lived in all my life. I only moved 700 miles away, but even that far as the first time living away from home really broke my heart eventually. It was so hard living away from home and going through all the experiences alone and without the support of family. When I was having fights with friends, a hard day at work, a lonely birthday, or whatever, I wanted nothing more than to be back in our living room, having ridiculous, never ending conversations with my family. </p>
<p>It really just depends on how ready you think you really are. In my opinion it’s good to go in small steps- maybe move a couple of hours away at first, maybe 3-4 at the most, so that you can go home fairly frequently if the transition to school proves not as smooth as you thought it’d be. But I’m sure plenty of people do just fine moving far away from home. </p>
<p>The big matter is expenses- how easy is it going to be for you to fly back and forth for holidays, or even just for the beginning and ends of the semester?</p>
<p>P.S.: Sweet tea=amazing!!</p>
<p>2000 miles is actually going to take a lot longer than 30 hours to drive. I’d guess it’s closer to 50 hours of driving, if not longer.</p>
<p>But hey, 2000 miles ---- 600 miles, is there really a difference? You’ll be fine and will probably grow a lot more than someone living 30 miles from home. It’ll be fun.</p>
<p>I did 1100 miles away, and I’m glad I did. I wouldn’t have done it any other way.</p>
<p>You probably don’t realize how few opportunities you have in life to live elsewhere, in a different state, in a different country. As you get older, I imagine it will be much more difficult to uproot/ live somewhere else (from where you decide to work), if you even want to, because of your job or your family. Experience and see what you can now.</p>
<p>~2900 miles away from home (Alaska–>Michigan State). It was worth it for me, 100%. I very seldomly get homesick, but it is something that happens to everyone. It’s not that big of a deal not knowing anyone, because most students are in your position (depending on the university) and most students who even have friends going with them to school tend to want to branch out/hang out with new people during college. Definitely fly and buy things there, if you have a roommate they might be nice to provide some things (and you can work out an agreement).</p>
<p>I’m going about 2,000 miles away from home for college. I am independent and I know I need a change from where I currently live so I’m pretty sure I can handle it. As a poster above said there aren’t that many opportunities in your life where you get to conveniently move so far away for a temporary amount of time so I am taking full advantage.</p>
<p>College far away is totally worth it. It gives you an excellent chance to start fresh, explore your interests, and see how you do on your own. I noticed that a lot of my friends who remained behind didn’t change much–same circle of friends, not much was different. Do it.</p>
<p>If I could go back in time I probably would have stayed 2400 miles from home. Definitely do it dude. Like peterparker said, this is one of the few times in your life where the world’s pretty much your oyster. The older you get the more entrenched you get in whatever your current location is.</p>
<p>You probably need a get-away for now. Too much of anything is sickening. From your profile name I’m assuming the real “exec future” waiting for you in some years. haha</p>
<p>Maybe its just the tough college experience/studying getting to you.</p>
<p>I want to move to another continent, its all about trying new things,
and with skype keeping in touch is easier :)</p>
<p>… i’m going to college 10,000 miles away from home :D</p>
<p>After a certain distance (I’d say ~6 hours driving), anything past that is gravy. It’s going to be hard to get home regularly whether you live 500 or 2000 miles away.
It will be one thing if a majority of the people at your school come from all over – such as is my case – and another if you’re a small OOS percentage at some state-dominated school. Not to say that you couldn’t enjoy yourself at the latter, at all, just that it’s easier to commiserate with people dealing with similar homesickness issues as your own.</p>
<p>I feel yah. From California to New Jersey.</p>
<p>You will survive. You don’t really get homesick. It’s just something you get used to. I’m across the Atlantic from my family. Just buy your stuff when you get there- no one wants to bring 2939383 suitcases on a plane because it will be a huge pain to deal with. Plus, you never know what you will actually need until you get there. And, having a couple suitcases filled with unnecessary things is just a pain.</p>