<p>Hi, I’m a second semester freshman and have felt very homesick this last week. I was pretty fine first semester, did well academically, and didn’t have too much trouble adjusting. </p>
<p>Is it normal to feel like this second semester? Have any of your children felt more homesick after winter break?</p>
<p>Keep in mind you were likely just home for an extended holiday. This is called starting over…second semester.</p>
<p>there was a thread last year titled ‘second semester blues.’ you might want to search for it, as it contained some great advice and much wisdom.</p>
<p>Meme, it’s very common for freshman to get “second semester Blues”. First semester everything is new and exciting and colleges often have activities planned to help freshman get involved and keep their minds off homesickness; by second semester things have settled down and kids frequently start to feel homesick.
As Hazmat says, you’ve just been home for winter break and gotten comfortable being home, now you have to readjust to being at school only without the excitement that accompanies the beginning of freshman year,
Do a search for last years thread, ‘second semester blues’, I think you’ll find it adresses many of your worries.
You will feel better, this is a temporary feeling.</p>
<p>It’s definitely hard. I’m going home for a long weekend in about 3 weeks so hopefully that will help.</p>
<p>Sometimes going home is not the answer, it only makes the problem worst.</p>
<p>True, but I always feel a bit re-energized afterwards. </p>
<p>Does anyone else see their kids going through this right now?</p>
<p>Yes, my D is feeling very homesick at the moment…just as she was getting used to being away, she came home for Christmas so going back was doubly hard even though she is happy at her uni. It doesn’t help that the weather is freezing and the novelty of seeing snow for the first time has well and truly worn off.</p>