<p>Basically what the title says. I was pretty much fine freshman year, but suddenly last semester I started getting homesick. I feel like winter break is going by really fast and I don't feel ready to go back to school. I've been thinking lately and I might regret my choice of college. I wish I had gone some place cheaper and closer to home but with my major that is sort of an oxymoron. I wish I could change almost everything about my experience in the last two years. How do I cope with this?</p>
<p>Keep yourself busy. Homesickness comes and goes, and the only way to handle it is to just keep busy. Remember why you’re in school and that the years are going to seem like they flew by when you look back on it. Focus on your classes, and do things that you enjoy. Stay involved with clubs, do fun things with your friends, meet new people. Just keep active and involved, and the homesickness will fade.</p>
<p>I agree somewhat with the post above but the same thing happen to me last year as a freshman. The idea of going back to school physically made me ill and the second semester made me realize that I needed to transfer.</p>
<p>I can totally relate, I felt the same way last year, to the point that it made me physically ill. I agree that the best way to fight it is to keep yourself busy. Do something meaningful. Also, I was given this advice when I studied abroad in high school: if you’re homesick, don’t call home. Calling home often just makes it even worse. And I’ve found that to be true. Freshman year I called home every weekend, and I constantly felt homesick. This year, I call home maybe every 2-3 weeks (of course I text my mom multiple times a week also) and I haven’t been homesick at all. That’s been my experience, but maybe others will feel differently.
And college goes by so fast, don’t you agree? It will be summer break before you know it!</p>