It can be tough when your best friends attend different universities, especially when the schools are in different states. Summer break brings you all together again, but fall semester tears you apart. After a fun summer with your hometown friends, it can be hard to say goodbye. However, there are benefits of going to different colleges:

1. There’s always so much to catch up on.

Going to different schools means very different lives. Even though you may not talk every day, the conversations you share are meaningful and full of exciting information about each others lives.

2. You always have a place to visit.

You look forward to visiting each others college campus, and you know you have a place to go if you want to get away for a weekend.

3. You can talk about anything.

You can rant to them about things and people at school you don’t like. It’s nice, because they don’t know about these things firsthand, so you get their objective opinion on your concerns and problems.

4. You get to meet new people.

The more the schools, the more the friends. You have the chance to get to know their college friends, which broadens your network.

5. You look forward to breaks.

School breaks mean going home and getting to see them again, especially if they go to a school far away. Seeing your best friends after long periods of time is priceless.

There’s something special about your group of hometown friends and the years of memories you’ve shared together. It's hard to go your separate ways, but it makes seeing each other that more special, and you know your friendship will last a lifetime.