Although every college student is counting down the days until move-in day, there's always a small part of home we sadly can't bring with us, but we sure wish we could.

1. The food.

Nothing is better than a home cooked meal from mom or dad. You might not be grateful for those quickly made meals that are thrown at you at home, but you sure will be once you taste the food in the dining hall. Although I will give my school some credit, not all the food is terrible, I actually mostly enjoy the food, but nothing is better than a nice home cooked meal made with love.

2. Family.

Although we might not get along with family all the time, once you're separated for a while, you will indeed start to miss them. My family and I debate with each other just about every day, but that doesn't mean we don't love spending time together, and joking around.

3. Freedom.

Of course, It's amazing to live with some of your best friends at school, but you'd be lying to yourself if you said you don't enjoy having a room to yourself. Late night chats are great, but being able to watch Netflix as loud as you want at any time you'd like is one of the most relaxing ways to spend a day. Sorry Britt, Love ya, but I also do cherish my free space :)

Of course, with all positives of staying home, there's are also some negatives of going back to school.

1. The work.

Nobody in their right mind could say that they enjoy doing school work. Staying up till God-knows-when to write some stupid essay instead of heading out with your friends for the night is definitely not the most fun, but there is no easy way to tell a professor you'd rather party than study. Sadly, we are here for the academics even though nobody would ever want to admit that.

2. Saying bye to your friends at home.

Lucky for me, I don't have that many friends from home that I need to give a heartbreaking goodbye to, but for other people, I know there are. Don't get too down about saying bye to your hometown friends because your crew from college is super excited to reunite with you and share all the fun stories over their summer!

So, in reality, going back to school has some sad and exciting emotions to it, but forget about the bad things and get pumped up for another enjoyable semester. All of your friends are waiting to see you within the next 3 weeks!