<p>So right now Ive been attending a community college for two years taking random classes and I need to pick a university to transfer to. (I'm just picking sports management cause I heard it's easy.) I am thinking about moving away from home to live on campus somewhere but I'm extremely scared and don't know if that's the right move. My first semester of college I tried living on campus (40 min from my house, and I came home on weekends..) and it was a total disaster. I was horribly depressed about moving away from home, (I love my parents more then I'll ever love myself.) and I didn't do any work. I dropped two out of my four classes and the two classes I did pass did not transfer to my community college. (Waste of 30,000 of my college saving fund my parents/grandparents pay for.)I tried making friends and everything but I hate being around drinking and kids obsessed with parties.. Right now I'm just stuck. I have no idea what I want to do, I've dropped four more classes since then and I just think I might need to leave my comfort zone and try doing it again, maybe actually make some friends for once. I know if I did live on campus again I would probably do the same thing.. Do you think I need to push my boundaries or should I continue living at home and going to a university? Please help! </p>
<p>Well, everyone is different and it’s hard to tell you what your boundaries should be with your family, but it sounds like you need to sort some things out. You should never feel so stressed/depressed about being away from your family. There is nothing wrong with staying close to home or even leaving home to go to school, but you shouldn’t feel guilty. Your parents won’t always be there for you and some day you might have to take care of them for yourself. If you really love them so much you should try to make a great life for yourself. I guarantee that you being successful and happy will make THEM happy.</p>
<p>In my opinion, I think you SHOULD move out and go to a different school- one that you can only come home maybe once a month. GET A SUPPORT NETWORK! This would either be friends, a group or two, or even just making friends with the school counselor (you’ll need the emotional support). </p>
<p>Just do what you can to get your head right. You can do it! If not for yourself, do it for your parents!!! Think how happy and proud they will be when they get to see you walk on graduation day!</p>