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fromBusiness Insider
3 days ago

I graduated from college and moved to a new city alone. Despite my best efforts, I'm ready to go home.

That was the mindset I had when I decided to take a job opportunity in Pittsburgh and live alone for the first time, shortly after graduating from Syracuse University. Although I'm used to pushing myself outside my comfort zone - I moved halfway across the country for college and studied abroad alone - this move felt different. My friends were supportive, saying that if anyone could move and start over, it'd be me,
Mental health
Parenting
fromScary Mommy
3 weeks ago

You Should Only Be Reaching Out To Your College-Aged Kid Once A Week

Weekly, positive check-ins with college students and avoiding questions that solicit negative details support adjustment and reduce homesickness.
Mental health
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I never felt as lost as I did right after graduating college. Getting a full-time job changed that.

A graduate returned home, feeling adrift, anxious, mourning college friendships, and facing uncertain adult responsibilities.
Higher education
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I was lucky enough to land a full-time job before graduating from college. But I wasn't prepared for the real world.

Graduating and starting a full-time job created emotional loss, reduced social freedom, and difficulty adjusting from college routines to adult responsibilities.
Medicine
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I'm a first-year medical student at Stanford. From working on cadavers to 12-hour lecture days, this is what a week in my life is like.

Starting medical school at Stanford involves intense coursework and cadaver labs, homesickness for family across the country, and forming a supportive new community.
#immigration
fromIndependent
4 months ago
US politics

'It's just bad food. Meat is completely different. Dairy too. I miss the butter': the reality of life as a J1 student in Trump's America

fromIndependent
4 months ago
US politics

'Nobody checked our phones at the airport': the reality of life as a J1 student in Trump's America

fromIndependent
4 months ago
US politics

'It's just bad food. Meat is completely different. Dairy too. I miss the butter': the reality of life as a J1 student in Trump's America

fromIndependent
4 months ago
US politics

'Nobody checked our phones at the airport': the reality of life as a J1 student in Trump's America

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Higher education
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Does Your Kid Need a Luxurious Dorm Room?

Families increasingly outfit dorm rooms luxuriously to reduce homesickness, prompting concerns about cost, inequality, and the role of separation in the college experience.
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fromNew York Post
5 months ago

Morgan Wallen reveals the real reason behind his abrupt 'SNL' exit

Morgan Wallen's abrupt exit from 'SNL' was due to homesickness, not any negative interaction with the show.
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