rofl..well let me tell you the perspective of a 17 year olds point of view...I myself being 17 years old. I just started college this past fall. Right after I graduated from high school, I was given a credit card and sent off to the *real* world. Im currently living in the dorms right now(on campus) and me and my roommates have to fend for ourselves. Get a job, buy food/cook it, stay out of trouble, etc. But its not all that bad, you dont have your parents telling you what to do! you can stay up however long you want, party everyday and all night long....its fun!
We have parties every week, go on beer runs, smoke weed(roommate gets a shitload from his friends), go to the beach, surf, snorkel. We get together with some classmates/friends and hang out in a group, all the time. Go hiking, eating out, going to the mall, you know, socialize and make more friends. And sometimes we go in pairs. This is the time most people get into relationships, bf/gf.
But there is also school!! maybe 1-3 classes a day(1 hour each) at different time periods. So we can do our homework/study between those periods. Sometimes we cut class if we dont feel like going but we usually dont because it might ruin our grades...yes..we care about our grades.
But most of all, its suppose to be fun!
Hope that helped..
Oh and by the way, once you get into college...your never gonna wanna leave.... PARTY!!!