<p>My boyfriend and I have been going out for three years-- since the beginning of 9th grade. We're seniors in high school now, and beginning to apply to colleges. I'm hoping to go to one of the top UC's (Berkeley, Davis, LA), Cal Poly SLO, or a competitive private school. He's planning on going to a community college and then transferring to a four-year, so he has a lot of choices as to where to go. Location-wise, staying together wouldn't be too much of a problem. Has anybody tried to keep a relationship through college? Does/could it work? We've been through a lot, (or as much as high school kids could go through together), and we've been best friends since I was 11 years old. We really do want to try to make it work. What kind of problems would we run into, and are any somewhat avoidable?</p>
<p>I think one of the biggest problems you might encounter is finding different interests. Let’s say that you want to join a sorority or you make some new friends. That would be leas time yku would be able to spend together. I think that having time apart would be nice because college is so different from high school. You will be around people from all over the world who you have never met before. You might discover some new people who enjoy being around. </p>
<p>I am not saying that your relationship is doomed to fail because I do not think that. As long as you two are able to weather the changes, you guys should be fine. But just remember that people do change in college and that it is not necessarily a bad thing. Since you two have been together for so long, it would not surprise me if you guys can make it work!</p>
<p>Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Well most of the people on this subforum haven’t been to college so I don’t think we’d know. It really depends on your personalities though.</p>