How Can College Students Overcome Homesickness?

The moment I moved to Florida for college, and left my teenage years behind me, I struggled tremendously adjusting to my new surroundings. There are an infinite number of situations everyday which people experience the complications of culture shock, and how they are able to adjust to the phenomenon. Surviving college made me realize how important my mother and father are to me. The love, wisdom, and support they provided through every obstacle helped me persevere and achieve a college degree.

College students that are attending first year of college have fear because they feel so scared that everything is going to be different from high school. Melanie states that “were not the only one to view the first semester of college as scary, unfamiliar, or life- changing. She clarifies that she felt scary because it's was her first year of college and hasn’t been familiar with the campus, professors and also life-changing is going to be different from she was use to in her life. Many students that attend college for the first time are always anxiety about how well they are going to be at college and that also going to be independent in their life since they graduated from high school. Many problems are going to go through their life as a college student but they should find ways to solve their situations even though if they scared to confront them in life. Melanie and I have a common on we both had similar situation in life. Melanie story life was that she had many difficult situations that she went through in high school and as a college student.

I will have to overcome separation from family and friends. I could get homesick by trying to overcome this obstacle. This would relate to how Odysseus has to leave to go to war for his kingdom with a few other men. Odysseus has to leave the day after his son is born to fight in the Trojan War for his family and kingdom, therefore he had to leave his kingdom and most importantly his wife. Odysseus tells his wife if he isn’t back before his son grew a beard for her to promise to move on. This situation is much like mine; I would have to leave my family in order to travel the world , it would be a hard obstacle to overcome, distance from family could keep me from going. I can not let my separation anxiety keep me from pursuing my

When humans reflect on their lives they often categorize things by their location at the time of the event, grouping their college experience separately from their hometown high school experiences. This association with place causes us to view an unwanted movement as an attack on our personal way of living. I first experienced such an affront when I was in the first grade, my family and I moved to a small town about three hours away from San Angelo. My father wanted to be closer to his aunt and uncle so he seemingly forced me and to tag along for the experience. I didn’t want to move away from my grandparents or my friends, the thought alone would cause me to cry. I had to leave behind all my friends, my family I

Living in one place for so long feels different than what I remember when I was younger. I do like having a consistent group of friends and living in the same home for a long time, but I miss moving around and seeing new places a lot.

One of my best friends, Sydney Lane, is a girl who had lived in Colorado Springs, CO her whole life and when she graduated last spring, she decided to take a gap year. We had discussed our mutual interest in traveling, but we were not sure about how to find the opportunities. However, she took the initiative to become a part of multiple programs and go completely out of her comfort zone. Leading up to the day she left, she was terrified of leaving what she had been accustomed to. She left in September, afraid, and the next thing I heard she was having the best experiences of her life. Sydney blossomed from someone who survived on grilled cheese and hung out with a close group of friends, to a girl enlightened by the world- all within a few

Darlena Jones, P. a. (2012). Homesickness Impacts Retention and Academic Performance. Retrieved February 2006 from http://www.webebi.com/: http://www.webebi.com/community/research/24/homesickness-impacts-retention-and-academic-performance

Making the adjustment to a new lifestyle can take its toll on students, and can leave them feeling uneasy. Being that student athletes don't get the luxury to go home every weekend sets up a new obstacle in the way of easing into a new lifestyle. College freshmen suffering from homesickness should communicate with their support group from back home, typically close family and friends, in order to feel connected with back home. There are many forms of communication now-a-days that allow people all around the world to stay connected. College students that are dealing with homesickness should take advantage of (devices) such as Face-time, Skype, Snapchat, and even old fashion snail mail can make home seem a little more

Moving away from home has been one of the biggest challenges that I have had to face so far in the eighteen years of my life. Moving from my home town to the collge dorm was a difficult transition that was necessary for growing up both mentally and physically as an individual. The little more than five hundred miles that separates me from my friends and family has allowed me to become the person I am today, and the distance allows me to grow and become more familiar with things that are a whole new experience for me. One of the many new things that I have had to deal with was making new friends in my environment.

Moving away from all of your best friends can be a real tragedy in a sixteen-year-old teenagers life. It’s hard to get up and go eight hundred miles away from everyone you know and everything you grew up around. I had this happen to me about three years ago and it is the largest change I have ever had to adjust to in my life. It wasn’t the changes around me that I was bothered by; it was that I did not know one living soul for hundreds of miles and all I wanted was a friend.     

Freshman year, the year of many first; the first time living away from home, the first time being away from friends, the first time a student has control of their own learning. Freshman year requires a lot of discipline, but a lot of students do not possess this trait. The factors that contribute to the success of first year college students are social support, comfort within the college environment, self control,responsibiliy and positive self concept.

The first year of college comes with many changes and challenges. These changes can include the food in the cafeteria, study habits, time management skills, and much more. Every student has to find their own way to handle the first year and determine what works best for them. For many the most essential change is living away from home. Campus life provides opportunities to become a part of a unique, diversified community. With these opportunities come challenges, such as having a roommate, being away from one’s parents, and determining self-limits.

The idea of moving to a different state or country can be terrifying for most people. I know for me it was. I was born and raised in New Jersey and had a decent job. Life was going great for me; at least that is what I thought. I had a lot of friends and family that had been around me my whole life. Moving away from all of this was not an option for me, until I got married and had children. By the time my daughter hit five years old, I was rushed to make a decision that would change my life forever. I had to decide whether I wanted her to go to school in New Jersey or Key West. This meant leaving my friends and family behind, and somehow depriving my children from growing up around their family.

Living far from home, even for a short period of time, can be really hard at the beginning. We have to remember that all changes are difficult, but they are

Throughout my lifetime I have listened to people reflect back on their college experiences and explain how college is supposed to be “the best experience of your life.” The summer after my senior year I use to try and imagine what my first semester was going to be like based on what I had heard people talk about in the past. After my first semester at NC State I realized that I couldn’t fully understand what college was like until I experienced it for myself. My first couple of weeks at Ohio State was rough and really tested my strength (mental and physical). I faced challenges and obstacles that I had never heard about in those past college experience conversations. All of a sudden there was no one to get me out of