When you start applying to colleges, you're usually given three options as to the climate around schools: urban, suburban, or rural. But what if your school falls into the wonderfully unique category of being not urban, yet so close to a major city that it's easily accesible anytime?
1. Your city, and all of the activities it provides, is SO CLOSE.
Museums, concerts, random tourist attractions, shopping, restaurants--all a short ride away.
2. Because it's *so close*, you probably go way more than you should.
It becomes really easy to justify a trip to the city, whether it be a full-blown adventure or just a quick errand to a favorite store.
3. If you don't have a car, transportation fees definitely add up.
Whether it's a train, bus, or Uber, transportation in and out of the city can easily be the most expensive part.
4. But even if you DO have a car, gas and parking are just as expensive. (And let's not forget about traffic.)
Depending on what city you're traveling to, you can spend longer in traffic than you will at your actual destination.
5. Your instagram becomes fire while you're at school.
It's so easy to find instagram-able spots that you almost can't help yourself.
6. Sometimes you simply make the trip to get food that isn't from the dining hall.
Even just a fast food joint is easier found in a major city than a college town sometimes.
7. People that don't go to your school sometimes just assume you go to school in a city because you're there so much.
When you're constantly posting or tagging your location as a city, people will forget you don't actually go to school there.
8. Sometimes you wish you went to school IN the city.
When walking around on a casual day, it's hard not to wonder what it would be like to be there all the time.
9. But then you remember that you get the best of both worlds--an actual campus and access to everything the city has to offer.
You get the awesome feeling of having an actual college campus, but still have access to all the best parts of the city without the commitment.
10. Internships are a huge thing at your school.
It's a huge draw for people when applying to entertain the idea of interning in a major city.
11. You wouldn't trade this unique experience for anything.
Being young and going into a city a lot is definitely a life experience.
