Going out of state might seem like the best thing ever, getting away from your overlooking parents, experiencing a new place, maybe even a warmer place. It's a chance to make a million new friends, and have a fresh start from high school. But despite all that is exciting, moving so far away for school also has its negatives.

1. You literally know no one

Literally, nobody which can be a blessing and a curse. You may want to get away from everyone in high school but then you get to college and most people have created friend groups with those from their high school and so you literally feel like an outsider.

2. The Out-of-State tuition price

You pay twice as much as nearly every student and it really sucks. It really motivates you to try ten times harder.

3. “Why did you come here?”

I get this question every time I tell someone I am out-of-state. They literally look at me like I am crazy. Then they proceed to ask why I didn’t go to my state school. Is it so hard to believe I wanted a change? Just accept me, please.

4. You do not know where anyone is from and vice versa

In-state students will tell me where they from and I will tell them I don't know where anywhere is in this state but the capital. When I tell them where I am from, they also have no clue where it is.

5. You have to be extra careful on move-in day

If you forget something at home, just know you won’t be seeing it for a couple of months so make sure to triple check if you have everything before you leave.

6. The homesickness is real

Not one day passes where I don’t question why I went out-of-state.

7. Culture shock

When I moved to Connecticut from Pennsylvania, I realized that people here consider fifteen minute drives long but at home, a fifteen-minute drive is short. Also, when I learned minimum wage here is $10.10 considering at home it is $7.25, I was ecstatic until I saw that everything was ten times more expensive and I don’t even have a job so I was not even benefiting from the higher minimum wage.