| It is incredibly difficult leaving home for your first | | | | across the country and need to prepare for all |
| semester of college. You might be eighteen and feel | | | | seasons, then spend extra time organizing everything! |
| ready for a new adventure, but that excitement is | | | | 2) In addition to clothing, you need to make sure you |
| always paired with nerves and apprehension. You are | | | | have all your prescriptions and favorite "must-have" |
| used to living with your family and hanging out with | | | | items so that you feel more at home. Shower kits |
| your friends from high school. Now you enter a world | | | | are also incredibly important. Purchase a portable |
| where you are far from home, need to make all new | | | | waterproof basket and fill it with your shampoo and |
| friends, and you have to do your own laundry. | | | | body wash. This organization will make those |
| Everyone experiences the same feelings though, so | | | | communal showering times much easier to use and |
| you are not alone! As long as you prepare yourself | | | | do not forget your bathing sandals! They are |
| well, talk to your roommates before you meet for | | | | essential! |
| the first time, and you start looking into possible | | | | 3) Everyone will grow homesick at one point during |
| clubs and activities to join, you will feel ready to | | | | his or her freshman year; it is very natural to feel sad |
| embrace this experience on day one! | | | | and miss your family. Make sure that you make |
| 1) Do not leave all your packing to the last minute! | | | | regular phone calls home and ask your parents to |
| Most people live in dorms their freshman year and | | | | send you small care packages and email updates so |
| have at least one to two roommates. In all likelihood, | | | | that you still feel connected. Try to focus on the |
| you will not have much space. Therefore, it is more | | | | new experience you are having and join a few clubs |
| important to decide what to pack beforehand instead | | | | so that you stay busy. Soon you will be so wrapped |
| of bringing your entire closet with you. I guarantee | | | | up with college life that the homesickness will pass! |
| that half of your clothing will not fit. If you are going | | | | These few tips are just the basics that everyone |
| only a few hours away from home, you have the | | | | should know before they take off for their first year |
| luxury of changing out your fall clothes to winter | | | | of school. Do some more research so that you feel |
| clothes to spring clothes. However, if you are flying | | | | completely prepared. Have a great year! |