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5 Things Nobody Tells You About Attending an Out-of-State College

By Grace Larson — 2019

I was well aware of how different life was going to be at an out-of-state college, and I prepared to experience a slight culture shock, but there were also a lot of things I was not able to prepare for. Here are five things nobody tells you about attending an out-of-state college.

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