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Originally Posted by Vibrating Obsidian
And where did you study? Did you study while still living in your parents' house? Far away? And what were your reasons for leaving if you studied away? Did it help?
The pros and cons are:
Nearby: Has mandatory courses from an arts branch (psychology, literature, history, etc...) and you can choose the majors to pick from. It can expand my mind beyond Math and Statistics for instance, get me a bit into the art way of life. It's also close to a settled villa - my parents' house. I can perhaps grow my art for drawing and hopefully some music, too. It's familiar. I can also used my saved money for other purposes if I still live at home, though currently I honestly have no plans of great usages other than renting an apartment.
The other disadvantage is, the major one, is my city is solitary. I may still be here, but I am worried academy time will pass and that I may not be able to fully grow as intended.
Far: A feeling of needing to go there for self-growth. Academically, I don't really care where I study. The far away university is better regarding professions. But I only got accepted for Math alone right now. I may be able to expand the major if my grades are really well.
So the primary concern is self-growth and breaking of boundaries.
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It was a typical major state university. At the time, my parents lived in a very rural area--nearest post high school education available at the time was a minimum of 1 hour 45 minute drive away (through roads that could be impossible to drive occassionally when there was a winter storm). So I did not have the choice of living nearby but I wanted to leave. When I think of high school, living at home keeps you on your parent's schedule (meals, we were expected to go to bed, etc.). By living on your own, you slowly figure out what works for you. I learned that when I had to get work done, it was better for me to go to bed right when I got tired and set the alarm to get up and do the work at 3:00 AM. Throughout college and worklife, I do my thinking work between 3-9 AM and save the routine stuff for 9-5. I am a morning person....