<p>College is really here. It's so close! I'm only going 2 hours away from home, but I'm suddenly realizing how far I'll be. I'm so excited and anxious for college to start, but the bad things about leaving are just hitting me. Missing my parents, my house, my siblings.</p>
<p>I know it's something we all ahve to go through, and it's worth it. Is anyone else starting to feel that seperation anxiety? I have it lucky, because my best friend and my boyfriend are both going to my college.</p>
<p>Sorry...didn't have that anxiety thing. </p>
<p>I couldn't wait to get away from this boring town (population 5,000) and all the people I'd known for 12+ years (woohoo for not knowing anyone going in!)...and can't wait to get back to school :) I didn't even care about graduation much or ever have the "hit me" moment that most people have about not seeing most of their high school peoples ever again. </p>
<p>Then again, I'm just the type of person that gets antsy and bored when I've been in one place for too long...I need a lot of change, new things and people to keep me all excited and stuff. </p>
<p>Good luck, though! Just don't depend too much on your friend and boyfriend and miss out on meeting all the other fun folks around!</p>
<p>I'm terrified, too, but I'm going halfway across the world.</p>
<p>Its more like full way across the world.</p>
<p>Sorry. I was itching to leave last year. You couldn't get me out the door fast enough. Just keep looking forward, not behind. </p>
<p>Have fun!</p>
<p>I'm a bit worried, but I think it's more because I haven't done any preparation yet. if I was actually ready to leave, I'd probably be much more excited.</p>
<p>Same for me, I was ready to go. Unlike katho11, who likes constant change, I've never had a major change or shift in my life, so I couldn't wait to start college. My school is only 3 1/2 hours from home, so I figured I'd just visit a lot if it wasn't great. But it is, so I'm rarely here :). Once you're there, settled in, you'll wonder why you were ever nervous.</p>
<p>once when you arrive the campus,all the fears will disappear.Just talk to someone you meet(especially roommate),you'll feel relaxed and excited</p>
<p>I am nervous, but mostly because I am having issues with the school about my private loan. Also, going to miss my niece and nephew SO bad, but I'm ready to leave. Maybe. Well, hopefully.</p>
<p>I'm not nervous at all. I've moved 6 times, and I've been living in the same place for 7 years (wayyyyyy too long. Every other time I've only lived somewhere for about 2.5 years.) So, I'm just ready to get as far away from here as I can and start a new life in college.</p>
<p>I've lived in the same house since I was a year old. I'm ready to get out!</p>
<p>Yeah. it has hit me too. I am 1 hour 30 min [ if there is no traffic] away from my college. Its not the fact that i will be away from my parents that is bugging me.. but i have 2 siblings [ one is 3 yrs old and the other is 6 months old] who I will miss a lot. I mean, they bug me to death... but i dont want to leave them. I was raised to be dependent on my parents, and I want to be an independent person... but I am scared because I am not accustomed to it. Some days when my parents bug me I want to get out of the house, but at other times I dont know how I will survive on my own. I am trying to use this opportunity to change myself and become a better person and form better habits.... but i am kind of shy and I refuse to ask people for help, even if a bunch of man eating sharks are out to eat me... i refuse to ask for help [ which is not a good thing].</p>
<p>i am really going to miss my dogs</p>
<p>Juniorita, I was the same way. I was SO dependent on my mom growing up, I didn't know how to do laundry or anything before I moved out (I figured it out, it's not that hard). I was really excited to move out, but very anxious since I didn't know how to do anything really. I am an upcoming junior now though and while I hate doing laundry, I unfortunately have to do it all the time and I haven't turned anything pink yet. I have my own apartment now with my cousin, and it's so nice to live like an actual adult and not be treated like a kid still (with some perks... like my mom still buys me lunch or an outfit sometimes). I never thought it was that bad living with my mom until I'd lived in the dorm for a year and then had to go back home for the summer... it was horrible! Freedom went pwfoop, right out the window yet again. I have never been more ready to go back to school after that summer, lol.</p>
<p>I'm excited for college! And a bit nervous, I guess. But that's mainly because I don't know which dorm I'm in yet and whether or not I have a roommate. Once I've figured those two things out I'll be pretty much ready to go!</p>
<p>Of course, it does help that I'm only going to be an hour and twenty minutes away from home... I'd definitely be more scared if I was coming from India and going to Oberlin...</p>
<p>I'm going to miss my dogs too. One is fairly old, the other has attachment issues to me. My parents say if I leave he cries at the door for around an hour. And when I was gone for a couple of days they didn't eat. It makes me really nervous, especially about the old one's health. =-(</p>
<p>I'm getting a webcam for my parents, and I'll have one. So I'm hoping I can see them from my comp and they can see me.</p>
<p>Other than my dogs, I'm ready to leave. I know it may sound mean, but I can't wait to leave the friends I have here and make new ones. I've grown really apart from the friends I have now. I'm not the same person I was in high school but its hard to come out of a role you've been in for 4 years so college will give me a chance to start over. =-D</p>
<p>Full way across the world would bring be back to India. Half way.</p>
<p>I'm definitely starting to get scared. I'm very close to my family and obviously very dependent on them, so this whole "independent" thing is just as scary as it is exciting. I just can't imagine not going "home" every day, though I know that eventually school will become my home away from home (maybe even better than the actual thing)...but just thinking about that transition makes me scared! And sad :( I'm excited but I know the night before I move, I'll be nervous. And I'll probably cry, knowing my track record (I cried before going to elementary school, going to a new elementary school, going to middle school, and going to high school). What can I say, I'm a sensitive soul hah</p>
<p>I'm kind of scared, but for pretty unique reasons...</p>
<p>I think I act in ways people expect me to act. All of my friends have this idea of who I am, so I act like that around them. People say it's exciting to go to college because then they can just be themselves, sans expectations. But I don't know who I am without expectations! I feel like maybe I would just be quiet and boring and have no friends.</p>
<p>Yeah, that was really random and probably made no sense. Anyway :P.</p>
<p>Guys, you'll get over it. Its' no big deal.</p>