Life definitely changed in a huge and great way for me when I first went to uni...I left home, got a steady part time job, got my first long term boyfriend, learnt to be more independent, made some friends that will almost definitely last a lifetime and have some definite keepers for the memory box, but you know what? Life got even better when I finished and moved to the other side of the world, met lots of other people who had studied and were experiencing the independent non-uni expat (and local) lifestyle, learnt a new language and got my first "real" job so to speak. I graduated almost 4 years ago and I'm going back to uni for my MA this autumn, but I'll tell you now...life is only getting better...or that's my opinion so far, but I try to make decisions that make it that way. It's all up to you buddy! ^-^