5 Changes When The College Student Moves Home
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5 Changes When The College Student Moves Home

There's no place like home for the summer.

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5 Changes When The College Student Moves Home
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When you come home from college for the summer, you will probably notice some changes that occur; ranging everywhere from seeing how your old high school changed to seeing how your home life changed. You are finally free from studying so you have a lot more free time than you did while at school so you can finally catch up on all those books you wanted to read, or Netflix shows that you wanted to watch. You will finally have your own room again and you will only have to share a bathroom with your family instead of other college students. Enjoy your summer freedom and make sure to relax before starting school again in the fall!

1) You will probably not have to share a room anymore

Unless you have to share a room with a sibling, you will finally have your own living space again. Even if you enjoyed living with your roommate, sometimes having your own space for a couple of months is very much needed. You can stay up as long as you want without having to worry about disturbing someone else who is trying to sleep.

2) You have more free time to do what you want to do

Even if you have a job over the summer you will still probably have more free time than you did during the school year because you no longer have to worry about going to class and doing homework. You can finally do what you what to do without the thought that you are procrastinating something for school. You can watch all the Netflix you want and not feel guilty for not studying for any upcoming tests.

3) You will see changes within your old high school

You might hear about some of the stuff going on in your high school and ask yourself if your graduating class was that crazy or immature depending on the situation. You will think the the high schoolers look so young even though you were one just last year or a few years ago. Your school might also get some renovations done so you might not even recognize it anymore.

4) You will only have to share a bathroom with your family

If you lived in a college dorm then you more than likely had to share a bathroom with one other person, three other people, or an entire hall. Unless you have a ton of siblings that you have to share a bathroom with, you will probably no longer have to find weird times to shower in order to make sure you get a shower that has hot water. You also no longer have to worry about wearing shower shoes in the shower since it is just your family using it.

5) Your high school friends will start having their own lives

Your friends, like you, are growing and changing as people so they will probably start getting jobs and internships so you may not see them as much as you used to. Some might not even come home for the summer because they got an internship with their school. The best thing to do in these kinds of situations is to make sure to stay in touch and hang out whenever both of you are in town.
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