I have decided to write how college has changed me. When I first came to college I was not expecting to miss home or my parents and family; but coming to vermillion, South Dakota from Omaha, Nebraska was a big change. In the beginning I always wanted to go home or just anywhere that was a city for that matter so I could shop. I missed my family and my clean bathroom and my comfortable bed I slept in for the past seven years. When I go home I feel as though I am entering a palace. College made me realize what I had and what I was ungrateful for. I grew up wanting to leave Omaha and move on to bigger better things, I now find myself yearning to return to that wonderful city I call home. I have always been mature for my age because I had three much older siblings, but I can tell I have grown up even more after entering college. I now love living on my own and being responsible for own life and not having my parents take care of me.  College has impacted my life in a very positive way.