Lonely and Homesick

<p>Hello,
I'm a newly moved in college freshman. I moved in a week ago at my dorm. I was offered a large single room and thought the offer was too good to pass up. My room is awesome, tons of space and all I'll ever need in terms of electronics and appliances, but I'm unhappy. My floor is quite nerdy and quiet, no doors are ever open. I've seen my RA once, on the first day for our floor meeting, that's it. My dorm is off of main campus, which is where everything goes on. Because of my lack of roommate and nonexistent floor mates, I am extremely lonely. I've never had trouble making friends, trying to sound as modest as possible....I was very popular in high school. I was a high level athlete and had tons of friends. Girls were no problem, I had them crawling out of my ears. The first week at college has sucked. I sit in my room for the majority of the day and every time I go out to try and socialize on main campus it seems like no one wants to talk or cares. I'm attending a smaller college where most people here at least have a few ex-high school classmates and I know nobody here. They're already in their cliques while I have no one. As of now, I'm extremely homesick. I've cried missing home every single day I've been here. I miss my dad, I miss my bed, I miss my old friends, I miss my room. I miss home. I'm already considering transferring to the large public university near my home at the end of this year. This isn't what college was supposed to be like. This sucks.</p>

<p>Any advice/suggestions?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>Thanks for the advice. I’ve already tried that. Playing basketball is the only thing that feels familiar and comforting to me right now. I went to the courts the last few days and play some pick-up games against random guys there with their friends. I enjoy this but none of these guys are guys I can see myself hanging out with. I was asked to play basketball at the University but turned it down because of the time commitment involved with that and school. I’m starting to reconsider that…</p>

<p>Does your college have a Greek system?</p>

<p>Why’d you decide to come to this college? Student athlete?</p>

<p>You might be happier at a bigger school.</p>

<p>Hey! I know exactly how you feel, except this is my second year in college and I’m still homesick. Actually, I think it may have gotten worse. I go to a large university and I feel like it may almost be even harder to make friends at a large school so be sure to take that into consideration</p>