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For me, moving so far away from home has been one of the most challenging aspects of transitioning into college. I am an only child from Wisconsin, so moving to Pennsylvania has been challenging in that I am now a little over 1000 miles from the beautifully snowy and wonderfully chilly city I call home. I also admit that I have a bit of “only child syndrome” and I’m having a difficult time adjusting into not being so reliant on my parents. My decision to move so far away, ironically, spawned from the reasons I now miss home so much. I wanted independence, to have a sense of self-reliance, and to have some distance from my ever-loving parents (avoiding the negative 10 degree Fahrenheit winter weather was an added bonus). But now that I’m really here, I miss my parents dearly and I long for those snowy and bitterly cold winter days.

Ultimately though, I know that this experience is really good for me. I feel like I have, in fact, become more self-reliant and I definitely feel that I have asserted my independence. Being so far away, though difficult, has allowed me to explore myself more and to get a better sense of who I am. I am so grateful for the experiences that I am being offered here at Bryn Mawr, despite the challenges of missing home, because I know that these experiences are making me so much stronger as an individual.