<p>Hey all, I currently just started college at a place that is very very far from my home. I'm really having a hard time adjusting, both physically (I feel literally sick/feverish all the time- can't concentrate/study well) and psychologically (I feel like I can't think, homesick, etc). Well, since it's early in the year one of the options available to me is withdrawing from my current college for a full refund, waiting until spring, and then attending a college closer to my home as a commuter (St. Norbert College, btw). The other option being just to get passing grades and transfer in winter. </p>
<p>I was just wondering would this have an adverse affect on future plans or careers? Specifically, would it hurt my chances of going to a good law school (a lawyer-friend told me no one ever asks where he went for undergrad)? Would any employer look down upon it (or would they just care that you had the degree)? </p>
<p>Credits wise I'm fine, I have over a semester's worth of credits completed via college courses in high-school, so missing fall semester would really matter (plus I'd just take summer classes if necessary). I can still complete everything in four years. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance, I'm just having a very tough time adjusting/picturing myself here.</p>
<p>I don't know how long you've been there but I have heard that the first month is the hardest as far as homesickness etc. Could you hang in for a few weeks and see how you feel? Have you tried making friends and participating in orientation activities? How about your parents - have you discussed it with them? Just some things to think about. Hope it all works out for you.</p>
<p>I am in the same boat; I really am considering transfering to my state school because that's where my friends are, and it is so much closer to home, but an orientation leader said that you don't really meet your good group of friends until a month or two into school. I'm just going to try to find a few people that I can eat meals with for now--they don't have to be life-long friends, just someone who's in the same situation. I will at least wait until December, and I think you should try to do the same. Maybe you and your family should schedule your first visit home so that you have something to look forward to. I don't know how far you are into the school year, but maybe schedule it for after the first month.</p>