Hey all,
I recently committed to UPENN dental and although at first I was really excited to be going to a great school, a lot of realities began to hit me. Mainly three things: Cost of attendance (loans), moving away and safety, and difficulty of course work/free time.
I don't want to write an essay, so to sum it up I am extremely overwhelmed with the amount of loans I need to take out. It scares the crap out of me having made little to no money in the past and having no support throughout school. Secondly, I have never lived away from my mother/alone and live in an extremely safe area. Moving away from my mother and to a less safe area (West Philly) is honestly scaring the crap out of me. This is definitely my anxiety/irrational thoughts coming in making me worry about every possible bad scenario that can happen when being on my own (robbery, mugging, violence, etc.). Finally, I am someone who greatly values his free time. I am a huge introvert and love my personal time to just play video games and watch shows. I know the course work in dental school will leave me little to no free time, plus I am worried about how I will adapt/branch out to meet new people given my introverted personality.
All these things together have led me to become extremely anxious and nervous about dental school for the past week (even though it isnt for another 6 months).
Has anyone else felt this way? I am honestly just looking for someone to bounce my concerns off of in hopes of squandering them so I can enjoy this next 6 months instead of constantly worry about what is ahead.
Note: I am aware that being afraid of such things is trivial and that being afraid to move away from my mommy is childish. I have lived in a bubble for nearly my entire life and I am 100% aware that these are feelings I should not be worrying about at the age of 22 (specifically moving away and safety). I just cannot seem to help but worry.
Any and all help/advice/comments is appreciated.
I recently committed to UPENN dental and although at first I was really excited to be going to a great school, a lot of realities began to hit me. Mainly three things: Cost of attendance (loans), moving away and safety, and difficulty of course work/free time.
I don't want to write an essay, so to sum it up I am extremely overwhelmed with the amount of loans I need to take out. It scares the crap out of me having made little to no money in the past and having no support throughout school. Secondly, I have never lived away from my mother/alone and live in an extremely safe area. Moving away from my mother and to a less safe area (West Philly) is honestly scaring the crap out of me. This is definitely my anxiety/irrational thoughts coming in making me worry about every possible bad scenario that can happen when being on my own (robbery, mugging, violence, etc.). Finally, I am someone who greatly values his free time. I am a huge introvert and love my personal time to just play video games and watch shows. I know the course work in dental school will leave me little to no free time, plus I am worried about how I will adapt/branch out to meet new people given my introverted personality.
All these things together have led me to become extremely anxious and nervous about dental school for the past week (even though it isnt for another 6 months).
Has anyone else felt this way? I am honestly just looking for someone to bounce my concerns off of in hopes of squandering them so I can enjoy this next 6 months instead of constantly worry about what is ahead.
Note: I am aware that being afraid of such things is trivial and that being afraid to move away from my mommy is childish. I have lived in a bubble for nearly my entire life and I am 100% aware that these are feelings I should not be worrying about at the age of 22 (specifically moving away and safety). I just cannot seem to help but worry.
Any and all help/advice/comments is appreciated.