<p>I'm a college sophomore and while I pride myself on being able to emotionally detach myself from my turbulent family life, I still miss my mom and brother. At times, I'm still in awe that I have survived freshman year at CAL, but seeing all the freshmen on campus brings me back to my first semester here. I don't remember much about move in day, but I felt very homesick during the next couple of days, - that is - until school started. </p>
<p>Anyway, I'd love to hear how all of you parents felt when dropping your kid off at college (whether that be firstborn or last born). </p>
<p>Sidenote: I didn't know where to post this question - sorry if it's in the wrong category! </p>
<p>Although not a parent (obviously) and even though I didn’t witness it, here it goes:</p>
<p>So my older sister was the first out of the house; she decided to graduate high school early as a sophomore and attend community college to get a huge advantage on an engineering degree and her dream of being doctor, although in most cases now people take that as a joke. Too many people want to specifically go to UCLA and specifically be an engineer but not knowing what kind, but ANYWAYS - she left on the day of my middle school graduation, so I didn’t get to see what happened. However, my little brother witnessed it and my mom basically cried on and on all day and screamed for my sister’s name when she left…my sister told me she was crying on the bus too to her CC that would offer her a full ride in Arizona. Continuing on, my brother said they purposely came back as if nothing happened so that they wouldn’t ruin my graduation day. </p>
<p>Yeah even though I didn’t get to say goodbye to her, we did visit her several times with each other and it overall was awesome (she took me also to ASU and U of Ari…boy HUGE campuses!). I get sad occasionally but never I was depressed because since she’s family, I knew I would see her again in the future. Admittedly, I did cry once freshman year for her - but that’s it. Now I’m just worried that she could be able to transfer to one of her desired universities or not, because transferring is hard…pretty much it now.</p>
<p>But listen, even though I’m not a parent but a family member I will tell you this…it was one of the most moving/developing experiences of my life and I grew stronger from it. I grew up more, took more responsibility, and led myself to become a leader to others just like what my sister did to me. She was my idol and I wanted to carry on that. It’s actually a positive experience and it isn’t negative at all, because you WILL see them again! </p>
<p>I’m a junior now and just this year and senior year and then I’ll experience the opposite side, wonder if I will cry…I’m anxious to move out but realistically no one is emotionally ready. But if I go to my safety school then it’ll be nothing lol</p>