<p>such irony. I was waiting to get out of my house after 20 years, and now I miss my family. :(
I'm going home!</p>
<p>Hahaha… Hang in there. It will get better. I’ve got three in college (the youngest at Berkeley) and they all went through the same thing. It makes you appreciate your family though, doesn’t it? That’s a good thing. :-)</p>
<p>yes! I do appreciate my family now. I might go home this afternoon and come back Saturday morning. 
I love my parents. haha</p>
<p>It’s tough at first. As the years go by though, you get less and less homesick, and start calling Berkeley home.</p>
<p>yeah of course! I already call my dorm “home” anyway. It’s just a really big transition for me and I’m just taking it step by step :)</p>
<p>My kids came home too (the two who could). As you get used to it, you will visit home less but my kids always love to come home to visit. My youngest is the farthest away and he won’t be home until Thanksgiving! Give your mom and dad a big hug. It’s a transition for them too! The one thing my kids love… a home cooked meal!</p>
<p>I agree with you momfirst3. Home-cooked meals are best! Dorm food is not.</p>
<p>do you guys wonder how worse the feeling must it have been for those international students… </p>
<p>take time to talk to them especially those who are from europe.</p>
<p>That’s a really good point RML. My son has two suite mates that are international. He said they spend a lot of time at the International House. I’m glad they have that available to them.</p>
<p>RML, why would those from Europe feel especially worse?
(btw, I’m home :p)</p>
<p>^^^ Hope you had a good home cooked meal! :-)</p>
<p>Just don’t be one of those losers who go home every single weekend. This is college, after all.</p>
<p>I would imagine East Asian (specially Chinese) international students would feel the worse regarding homesickness, because they have to adjust from an eastern civilization to a western civilization, as well as the fact that English is not as prominent as it is in non-English speaking Europe.</p>
<p>Like me? I’m from Singapore. It’s a 19 hour flight away.</p>
<p>yeah so RML wteff do you mean, Europeans have it worse…
yes mom I had a traditional Korean BBQ! definitely feels weird being home! :)</p>
<p>UpMagic, I agree. definitely will not (but will have to come back monthly for my research with another institution) but no need to call them losers!</p>
<p>Every time I look at some people who leave for home Friday at noon and come back on late Sunday night or early Monday morning, honestly, loser is the only word I can think of. You’re out of the campus for 2.5~3 days/week…</p>
<p>I don’t know if I’d call them losers, but I will say that I think they need to try to be a bit more independent/generally get out more.</p>
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<p>Oh, sorry. That’s not what I mean. I specifically mentioned Europe because I am originally from that continent, and I feel that Europeans are misrepresented at many Cali schools, even at Berkeley and Stanford. I remember my classmates (at Stanford) used to tease me with my English accent.</p>
<p>I’m also from Singapore, and it isn’t hard adjusting to life in the U.S. (aside from the American accent, most things are roughly the same - YES English is the predominant language in Singapore haha) but I guess I’ll miss home in a semester or two. :P</p>
<p>okay, i take it back; the word loser is indeed harsh.</p>
<p>i think it’s just pity that they are missing a big part of college life, and what is more sad is that they don’t even realize they’re missing out.</p>