Many students choose to study at colleges and universities that are far away from the places where they grew up. Do the benefits of this outweigh the drawbacks?

Leaving their hometown to start

university

life is becoming more common for many

students

.

This

essay will argue that

although

it may make their journey financially more challenging,

such

a decision is far more advantageous because it leads to independence. As

students

depart from their usual residence to live in a new place, they often encounter a number of financial difficulties without parental support.

Besides

tuition fees, other expenses from accommodation, living costs or travel expenditures

also

add a great part to their constant worries, especially in costly cities like New York or Tokyo.

For example

, at the start of every new enrollment season at the National

University

of Tokyo, thousands of international first-year

students

and those who come from other domestic remote regions are seen to go on an intense apartment hunting with the hope of getting a cheap and convenient shelter. Troublesome as it is,

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I believe that undergraduates can easily settle those monetary obstacles by having one or several part-time jobs in their availability. The great advantage of studying in a distant

university

or college is that it offers young people opportunities to explore and experience new things freely and independently.

This

is to say that independent life not only allows

university

-goers to live the lifestyle they long for but

also

teaches them essential soft skills that are vital to their later life as responsible adults.

For instance

, at many top universities in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, it is noticeable that

students

, who come from other provincial areas, are usually more mature and outperform their city counterparts, who are living with their parents, in social skills and activities that require teamwork and problem-solving skills thanks to their found independence and rapid adaptation. Many of them are

also

revealed to be more financially stable than their classmates after a time of having a part-time job.

Therefore

, I am of the opinion that studying far away from home brings

students

more benefits than drawbacks. In conclusion, despite the fact that starting a

university

journey at a far place could cause

students

some financial problems at

first,

the significant benefit of being independently developed far outweighs its drawbacks.