Leaving your family, your home and even your birth state is one of the hardest parts of going off to college. On the other hand, departing from all of the people, places and things that have raised you helps you grow and learn how to live on your own. This is something that everyone should experience, as living on your own in a new city, town or state is a great way to grow as a person. Moving in or going to college with your best friend is likely to hold you back from new experiences
So far about seven students from NDB are attending California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obisbo next fall. It is difficult to take this into consideration while making a final college decision since the school might have everything you want, but also half your town going there with you. It has impacted some students’ choice whether to go there or not. For senior Daniella DeMera, she was choosing between two universities with a heavy amount of Bay Area, specially NDB, students: Cal Poly State University and Santa Clara University.
“Even though I’m going to miss Kaylee so much, I am glad that we are going to separate schools and we will be able to find ourselves and grow as individuals as we enter this next stage of our lives,” says DeMera.
DeMera and her best friend, senior Kaylee Ellerhorst, decided not to go to the same college due to the fact that they would not be able to grow into themselves with each other around. Ellerhorst is attending Santa Clara University in the fall while DeMera will be attending Cal Poly. The duo will still only be a few hours apart so they are able to visit each other, yet also get to learn to be independent and make new friends by themselves.
“I am going to really miss going to school with Dani, but I look forward to meeting new people and growing as a person. I am also super happy that we are close in distance so we can still visit each other but still grow individually,” says Ellerhorst.
College is not just about the things that you can learn from books, it is also about the things you have to learn from yourself. Learning to be more independent and do your laundry by yourself, make friends by yourself and live by yourself and things that you must figure out how to do on your own. It is about moving away from your parents and everyone you know to start a life of your own. By going to school with your best friend, you aren’t able to take going to college to its full advantage.
