1. You get to quit your summer job.
Unless you are working an internship doing something you hope to do for the rest of your life, you probably cannot wait to quit your job and get back to school. Working at a summer camp? Bet you cannot wait until you are not spending all your time with people half your age. Working in retail? I find it hard to believe that you are not tired of telling people that the item they are looking for is in Aisle five. Working in a restaurant? I am sure you are sick of having to suck up to people in order to get a good tip. And let’s be honest, even those of you with internships probably can't wait to get out of your tiny cubicle.
2. You will not have to follow your parents' rules (again).
Unless you're going to be a freshman, you know exactly what I am talking about. One of the hardest parts about moving home for the summer is having to follow your parent's rules again. No one wants to be home by 11 p.m. after spending multiple nights a week out until two in the morning during the school year. Plus, the people you live with at school will not yell at you to do something productive instead of watching Netflix for hours on end.
3. You missed your friends from school.
I am sure everyone has friends that are still in their hometown, whether they be friends from your summer job or from your high school days. However, there is just something different between your friends from home and your friends from school. Your college friends are the ones who will go with you to the dining hall five times a day, spend all day in the library with you, and stay in that dirty frat basement with you until the call for last rides sounds. There is just something different about your friends from school, no matter how similar they may seem to your friends from home.
Despite all of this, by the middle of October you will be counting down the days until winter break, homemade food, and no classes. That is until just after New Years' when you begin to count down the days until the spring semester starts.