You made it! The moment you have been waiting for is finally here; it is time for you to go away to college. By now you have probably begun dorm shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond and started to Facebook message potential roommates.

Move in day comes and you soon meet your new roommate that you will be living with for the next year, you cram all of your personal belongings into a tiny dorm room and say your goodbyes to your family. It seems almost too good to be true.

As much as I love college, I am here to tell you that college is not as picture-perfect as us college students make it out to be on Instagram. Here are some important things I learned throughout my two years at college.

You will miss home, a lot.

As much as you are ready to get away from home right now, I guarantee once you get to school you will be homesick.

You will miss your friends at home.

Although you will make new friends at school, you will miss your friends at home a lot. And you may begin to drift apart from them as well.

You will be broke 99.9 percent of the time.

After a few months of college, you will have minus $5 in your bank account and have absolutely no idea how it happened.

You will miss having your own space.

Even though living in a dorm seems cool at first, you will miss living in a house. Even if you and your roommate are super close you will definitely wish you had your own space from time to time.

Partying all the time is not practical.

Even though going out is loads of fun, you have to remember why you are at school in the first place. Always put your GPA first.

Your Gen Eds are VERY important.

Even though Gen Eds seem silly and do not pertain to your major, it is essential to get good grades in them in order to boost your GPA.

The freshman 15 is real and it is relentless.

Even though eating pizza every night seems like the dream, trust me you really should not.

All in all, college has its ups and downs. But just like I did, you will get through it. I wish you the best of luck with your college career!