I'm nervous about college.  I'm leaving in a week, and I have no idea what to expect.  I'm moving over 2,000 miles from my hometown, and I know no one at my school.  In a way, I get to start over (but it's not like I need a clean slate).  It's just dawning on me now that this may be the last time that I ever see some people.  In essence, they will be dead to me, even if they haven't actually deceased.  Weird.

I feel like I should feel like a college student, in a way I think I do though.  I feel like a quasi-adult.  Not quite adult enough to have a job, but not quite juvenille enough to still live at home permanently.  I have all of my insurance cards, bank cards, bills, and stress to give me enough responsibility.  I feel like I want my own job, my own apartment, but I guess I should enjoy college and the experiences it will give me.

Here's what I expect from college:
-An education (it's much too expensive just to be social...)
-A different kind of social atmosphere... I like having a quiet social life, I don't think I'll have a choice as to how much social interaction I will have, it will thrust upon me
-Drinking.. I don't do it much now, actually I don't ever do it (except in Europe) since it's illegal.. but I think my standards will change, and I'll eventually be 21 in college
-Stress... I want to get into med school.  My GPA matters a lot, I have to take the MCAT, I need to keep my scholarship and graduate on time, internships, jobs, separation from family and friends
-Lousy food
-High workload... I'm not only pre-med, but my intended major is engineering...
-Always being busy.

Other than the above, I don't really know what else to expect.  I do hope to meet someone special in college.  I don't want to say that I'm looking for a boyfriend, but it would be nice to have the companionship.  And don't worry, it wouldn't be my first relationship, so I'm going into that with reasonable expectations as well.  But we can get into my past in another post.  I have to keep packing. ;)