I am a freshman at Ohio University. I’m Four hours away from home and I HATE it!?
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Do you have access to a computer? Does your family at home? If you are missing your family (or friends, and they have access to a computer) use any of several messaging / VOIP options (I use www.skype.com) so you can talk with friends and family for free.
The unfortunate truth about life is that no one gets out of it alive. So learning to handle being away from friends and family comes in handy….and after all, they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, too. So there is plus and minus to just about everything in life.
And yes, as others suggested, keeping yourself and your mind busy helps “distract” you so you don’t sit alone and dwell on things in your mind and go a little bit depressed.
So join clubs (usually organized around a theme or interest) where you can meet others with a common interest.
Volunteer: lots of opportunities with diverse focal points of interest…visiting community centers…seniors nursing homes (great chance to get “adopted” by some locals who know the area, have family connections…and maybe you get a substitute “urban” family).
I always found holidays tough. I was about 3,000 miles away from home!! So your situation is more like heaven! Only 4 hours…that was the time zone difference when I wanted to call home…but it was so expensive in those days, I rarely had the chance). But I was able to make new friends in the area and got invited home with them for the major holidays….and “adopted” and it really made me not feel homesick at all.
Hope this helps. Best wishes to you.
Or just call your parents and talk, or any friends you had back home. It’s definately hard to adjust to being in university, but it gets better – just hang in there and it’ll feel like home in no time.
Credits for the class is still credits for the class and they should be able to transfer. Contact the admissions adviser of whatever school you choose to transfer to and talk to them about it.
Otherwise Owens here in Toledo area just built a Performing Arts Center and you could check into their programs. I know they tranfer credits. Then when you are more comfortable being away from home you can transfer to anywhere you choose.
Try to join a few clubs or something and meet new people! Making new friends will make things somewhat better ..
Hang up a bunch of pictures of friends and family.. and talk to your friends over im!
hope it gets better for you soon.
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