<p>Hello College Confidential Community,</p>
<p>Before I ask my question, I would like you offer you some background on my situation, therefore for the question and responses to be put into perspective. </p>
<p>I'm a twenty year old young male who transferred from a local community college and resided at home to now residing at my University of California Santa Cruz campus in a single dorm. The campus is only about forty-five minutes from my hometown. I've always been independent, in the sense that I worked, cooked, cleaned and assisted my mother with the household duties as well as caring for my younger siblings. My parents have separated for over two years now, and my mother and I have developed a deep, personal connection, one far greater than that of just mother and son. She truly is my best friend, and we tell each other everything. My relationship with my siblings is one far greater than just being siblings, I have taken care of them as if they were my own for about ten years, even prior to my parents separation. </p>
<p>I was given the opportunity to transfer from a humble community college to UCSC as a late winter accepted student, something that rarely occurs, considering the dean of admissions contacted me. I was accepted in late November and transferred and moved here to UCSC in early January. </p>
<p>My Question: It has been three weeks since I have resided here at UCSC, and am still feeling sad and being extremely homesick. On the daily basis, if I even think slightly about home or my family(sister, brother, mother) I immediately have to either compose myself or I begin crying. In the past three weeks I have cried about ten times, even though I see my family every weekend (as I only live forty-five minutes away). Am I just very homesick because this my acceptance here happened so quickly or is it something more? I tend to feel empty inside, as if having no hope, a trait that was very opposite to how I was even a month ago. I feel as if I don't realize how lucky and blessed I am, even though I know I am lucky and blessed. I have made several new friends here, I enjoy my courses because they are challenging, but I always feel as though that gets pushed aside by my homesickness. </p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to read this long discussion. I really really appreciate it. </p>