Replying to Ahhhhhhhh!!! university!!!

hey guys i need to vent
im in grade 12 and as i start thinking about university i start thinking about what i'll be leaving behind when i go.

friends - i come from a town of about 900 and i have the most tight knit group of friends that you could imagine. im gonna hate to leave them.

girlfriend - i have the most amazing girlfriend ever. shes applying to the same univerity as me but she has doubts as to whether or not she'll get in. we;ve been dating for almost a year and a half and i love her, i believe its love so dont tell me i dont know what love is at my age.

sense of security - i'm applying to the university of calgary and coming from such a small town i cant even imagine how im going to be able to navigate a city of that size.

i get an overwhelming feeling of anxiety and sadness whenever i think about leaving all this behind. to picture my gf having a good time with all my friends that are staying in manitoba for school tears my heart out. call me oversensitive or a homo or w/e but thinking about all this can and does put me to tears.

i'm considering calgary for school b/c i want to be a doctor and they have a good school, and also the skiing is where its at, being that close to the mountains has always been my dream, but i would leave it all behind and stay in the prairies for school if it meant holding on to all these things that are so important to me. but the question is should i, right? i mean life is about change and embracing it. going to calgary would probably be a good move for school. when the feeling ive talked about creeps in though it makes me want to hold my girlfriend as tight as i can and sit around watching a movie with my buddies, all of us having a good time not worrying about the changes that lie before us all.

what do you guys think about leaving for school, use the thread to talk about it if you want or jsut post whatever is relevant.

peace