My overall college experience is a seven on a scale one through ten. Many college students are on their own for college and live by themselves. For me, I commute to school, so I never feel alone or worried that I cannot get a healthy meal. I really enjoy being able to have a fresh cooked meal my parents made, and sometimes I cook for them. I can use a full kitchen and prepare a meal I otherwise wouldn’t have in a dorm. However, because I live at home, I am not able to meet as many friends that I would have if I lived on campus. This makes it feel like I am missing the ‘college experience.’ I am seeing my friends post on social media the different things they are experiencing while I am at home having a very different experience. While, sometimes living at home makes me miss out on college, it has also taught me a lot and allowed me to mature more.
By not living on campus, I have been able to see my high school friends and continue making money. I can visit my friends whenever and have a ‘college life’ without paying thousands of dollars. I am very grateful to have the friends I met in high school because they constantly invite me to come down to their college for the weekend. By visiting on the weekends, I can get a taste of college and what it is like living in the dorms. Because I am commuting, I can keep my jobs I had in high school. Throughout the week when I am not at school, I work on my family farm as an office assistant. And, on the weekends I spend my nights working at a local bar and grill. This allows me to make money I may have not been able to if I was living in the dorms. Overall, college for me looks a lot different than other people, but I still rate my experience a seven out of ten.
