“Kate + 8” star Kate Gosselin is sending Mady and Cara, her daughters, off to college. Each will go to a different university.

Kate says her daughters are very “excited” about the change:

“They are very excited! The two agree not to go to the same college, because they have different ambitions.”

But the star also confesses to being afraid of the day when all the children leave:

“I have been afraid of this day since they were born. Thinking about the day when all the kids go to college and the empty house is something I can not conceive.”