The first week of classes has ended and I have not made any friends yet. Of course, it's only been five days, and I still have four years left to make new friends. However, the pressure to meet new people is already starting to dawn on me.

I'm a commuter, and a lot of my high school friends are too, but a few of them decided to live on campus. At first I thought they were making a stupid choice. In my eyes, they were wasting thousands of dollars. They had their own reasons for moving in, but I just didn't understand why they would want to pay so much more for a place that's only a few minutes away from home.

Yet after the first week of classes I realized I envied them. They have so many more opportunities outside of the classroom than I do. They have already made several new friends, they have easy access to all of the activities on campus, and college parties are literally right outside their front door. And here I am, sitting at home watching Netflix all day, by myself.

There are still four more long years for me to make friends, and hopefully within those years I can move on or closer to campus. Now I realize all of the friendships, parties and activities I'm missing out on by living at home. My advice to future college students and even current commuters: if you want to make new friends, go out to a bunch of parties and be freed from the chains of boredom, live on campus. Your college experience will be so much better off if you do.