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The 10 Things Every College Kid Feels When Leaving For School

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The 10 Things Every College Kid Feels When Leaving For School

The last couple of weeks at home will be tough. You’ll start to appreciate the little things that you often took for granted and you’ll have mixed emotions. Here's what to expect from the end of summer.

1. Your last week gets booked out with hangouts of your friend

You meet multiple friends for multiple last-goodbye hangouts before you all depart and move to different countries. You schedule one meet-up after another and it doesn't stop



2. You visit your favorite spots for the last time

You walk the old path you used to take to school, stroll around the neighborhood, and go to the same cafe you used to go every Friday with your friends to revisit the good memories.

3. You text your friends about the times you've had

Before you go step on the plane, you text your friends something sentimental about how important they are to you, how you're going to miss them, and how you wish them luck in the future. You also believe this is the most sentimental you have ever been.

4. You look up ways to decorate your room on Pinterest and print out pictures of your friends to display.

You look up ways to decorate your room on Pinterest and print out pictures of your friends to display.

5. Your parents start to be stricter with curfews


Your mom used to have no problem with you coming home at midnight and didn't bother asking where you'd been. But now every time you are out after 7, she calls you and demands to know your whereabouts.

6. You try to eat all kinds of food you won’t have again for a long time

Nothing will be as delicious as your home cooked meals or the local food and street food you always snack on in your town.

7. You procrastinate packing

Yes. You procrastinate by hanging out way too much (#1), watching television shows, complaining about how busy your summer job is, sleeping, and maybe doing your summer reading.

8. You frantically go over your packing list and see what you've missed and need to get

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And when you've decided to pack.. You end up packing everything from home at one point.

9. You sit and stare at your room at random moments

Another way to procrastinate, but also to recall the old memories of friends coming over and nights/mornings of last minute cramming.

10. And saying goodbyes can be difficult

You don't know the right thing to say after seeing someone. And that's alright. They understand, and it doesn't matter. You are all going to college and you are ready to start the next exciting chapter of your life!


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