Summer is a great time to be with family, catch up with old friends, and save money; however, there are somethings to be missed from living at college.
1. Your Dorm Room
You feel comfortable in your room at home, but your dorm room is so much more you. You got to do some shopping before you moved away for college, so your dorm room is more reflective of your current style. Your room is your haven which just so happens to be conveniently close to friends and food.
2. Not Having to Make Plans
When you're living on the same campus or any immediate distance from your friends, there's suddenly no effort made to hang out. It's understood that you're going to hang out tomorrow (and the day after that), so you rarely make plans. You typically just show up at one another's dorm room, and there's always somebody to grab food with.
3. Not Spending Real Money on Food
Technically, you are spending real money on food, but it feels so much better coming off a meal plan than from your bank account. With the meal plan, you also feel less pressured to order value menu items. This is probably the only time in your life when you won't have to consider meal prices, so take advantage of it now!
4. The Schedule
Summer work schedules and social schedules vary significantly; however, school schedules don't really. Of course, you'll have an extra event to attend every now and then, but other than that your weekly schedule doesn't really change. Your classes meet at the same time every week, and the amount of homework coming from each class stays fairly consistent. Work study jobs also have you coming in at the same time on the same days each week. The skeleton of your week can pretty much be copy and pasted for your entire semester.
5. The Feeling of Self-Improvement
When you're in college, your schoolwork is very clearly leading you to where you want to be. Your classes keep you more interested, and you start thinking about things like your resume`, connections in your field, and your career. Every class you take and every assignment you complete just sets you one step closer to the real world. The real world sounds like a scary place, but you're starting to try out the waters and you're getting more confident in your ability to handle it. You also gain a huge amount of common sense and bravery in college. Without parents constantly being around, you've been forced to handle situations you would've normally run to mom about. It's also no longer a big deal to call a store to ask a question, schedule a doctor's appointment, or voice an opinion.
Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not ready for summer to end; I'm just missing certain parts of school.
