tely different experience if you attend school close to home or far away. Going farther from home causes one to adjust more to an individual life merely because of the distance between themselves and their parents or guardians. Personally, I came to Miami from Rochester , New York. Choosing to leave my home in upstate New York to go to another state was a test on my ability to make it on my own. The distance has proven to be a challenge as well as a blessing. It has allowed me to distance myself from my parents literally and figuratively. I have become my own person and have become a lot more independent. I have also believe that attending school away from home has expanded my horizons. Being in a completely different city and state, I have experienced that just small differences can be so noticeable. In addition, upon leaving home to pursue a college education, young men and women are usually handed a totally new set of responsibilities, as well as a dramatically increased amount of personal freedom. This change in societal structure includes the challenges of balancing academics, social and leisure time, finances, and a host of other personal concerns that come along with becoming an independent college student. By providing such an environment, colleges and universities offer young people an unmatched opportunity to make lasting discoveries and developments concerning their individual identities and self-perceptions.It has been stated repeatedly in seminar that coming to college has given a number of students the chance to either finally be "themselves", or someone "new" and "different" from who they have been up to the present time. This supports the idea that both men and women often look upon making changes in their surroundings as a time for also making changes in their inner selves. Consequently, a number of social psychologists agree that "change is very likely to occur when one receives feedback that is inconsis...
