I am SCARED to go to COLLEGE??

SWEETIE YOU HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION. DON'T GO. BUT, LET'S SAY YOU DID. AND WHILE YOU WERE THERE THAT FIRST DAY, YOU MADE IT, AND THEN THAT NIGHT YOU MADE IT. LIFE IS ONE DAY AT A TIME NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE DOING. WHERE WILL YOU BE 4 YRS FROM NOW? GRADUATED OR HOME IN YOUR ROOM TERRIFIED OF LIFE. YOU CAN DO IT, I DID.

do not worry i am a college student and i can say hey you will have fun. hey i live in new york city. if u want a good online pal i'm here [email protected] if u need a shoulder.

Girl it is going to be alright. It is normal to fill scared, but it i also exciting. It Will take some time to get used to living with people you don't know and college life. However there are freshman meet and greets which are so helpful because you get to meet people who are in the same boat as you and who are away from home. You know that is how I met some of my very best friends who are still my best friends today. We when things got hard we pulled are money together and we made it. I would had for you not to got, because you might regret it later on. Also there are so many was to pay for college, scholarships, in house scholarships that colleges offer, work study, minority scholarships, scholarships for people going into certain fields. So don't worry! Go and enjoy it. Also three hours is not that far, your family can come and visit, and there are always holidays and breaks. Cell phones! Also join some organizations on campus and get active it will help with the homesickness, and don't go home to much because you will never get connected to college life. I have seen people drop out because they were homesick and went home all the time. Also girl you get the best care packages when you go away. I hope that college will be a positive experience for you!

I grew up and was graduated from a small school in a small town in PA, too. Turned out that most of the things I thought were scary worked out OK. A bunch of things I never considered did not. Penn State main campus had 25,000 students. Class sizes were gigantic (largest HS class had 18). Professors were remote (grad students abounded but had no interest in me or my problems.) Dorm mates were terrific but I found it very easy to join in one or the other activites that were always going on that had nothing to do with my classes or homework. In the middle of my 2nd semester, I woke up and realized I was wasting my money and that I simply could not handle the cultural change from a place where an awful lot of people "knew my name" to a place where almost no one did. Think about the "other" things because you'll find, much like everyone else has posted, that you'll be able to handle your known fears. It's the things you aren't aware of that may well cause you the greatest amount of grief. I'm now a college prof, by the way, so with some maturity I was able to finish college, go to grad school, etc. But PSU main campus was an incredible culture shock for me.

Relax, millions of people are going through college experiences every day, and they will tell you that its not all that bad. Remember going into highschool, wasn't as bad as you though it was going to be now was it. as for losing old friends and contact with family, contact them on the phone often and keep that bond. Just have a confident attitude and some group is bound to accept you. just keep your personality BIG.

You'll do fine! Think of all the people who have the same fears but don't have the courage to face up to them that you have. People in Manhattan are actually very friendly (don't tell them I said this, they like to pretend they're tough!). Also, it's an easy bus ride back to PA for a weekend if you get homesick. Take it slow, give yourself some time to make new friends, and you're going to love it!

Of course you're scared, everyone is when they go to college. Some are closer to their families than others, i'm extremely close to my family so when i left this year to go to college 2 hours away from my family, i was terrified. You'll be fine on your own, it's goign to take some adjustment and you will probably acquire some independence and some responsibility, but it will be fun, and a wonderful experience for you. if worse comes to worse for money you can get yourself a loan, that's what i did, and they're not hard to get. It's going to be hard gettin gused to being around people like that... so it will be quite the adjustment, but i'm sure that it's not something that's too hard to adjust to. it will be hard to make friends and it probably won't happen at first, but it will come by the end of the year. Just relax and let it happen. you can always move home if it's not what you wanted.

College can be a very rewarding experience. Remember, you will learn more than what they teach you in the class room. Going to college can and will be a very stressful time. Your concerns are legitimate. Everyone who has ever gone to college has had them at one time or another. Yes, you will have to make adjustments and you will have to learn to adapt to living with a group of strangers. Some of them you will come to like. Some of them you will hope leave as soon as possible. Its all about growing as a person. Hopefully you'll get lucky and have a great roommate. My first roommate would fall asleep at night with the TV on. I would wake up at 2 in the morning and have to get up and turn it off. Luckily, that was the only thing that bothered me about him. As for meeting new people, you could just do what I did. I was walking by this guys room and he was listening to the same type of music I listen to. So we started talking about it. Before I knew it, I had a small group of close friends. Just relax. Yes, you will probably experience problems and anxiety when you go off to college. But remember, each room has a phone and when you think about it, you really won't be that far from home.

It's okay to be scared. I think everyone who leaves home is scared, at first. I think you will grow to love it, though. Try not to spend too much time talking to your family at first, because it will make it harder and you may miss out on the chance to meet new people! You can deal with whatever you choose to deal with, so remember that. College is a wonderful time of growth, and you are going to learn so much about yourself! Good luck and God Bless!