I've been feeling really homesick at university, even though my parents are only roughly 2 hours away and they're able to come up (or I can go visit) about every 2 weeks. I keep in touch by Skyping wit them every night, but I still get overwhelmed with homesickness sometimes, especially when they leave after a visit. The current school I'm at costs me about 26 000 a year, but I already turned down my home university last year that offered me a scholarship, so I've also been feeling an incredible amount of guilt due to all the costs. My parents have assured me that they're able to pay it (and will do so happily), but I feel badly about it and have not been doing well here and I'm not sure I enjoy my program.
I've joined a few clubs around here, but I just can't shake off the guilt and the fact that I don't like this city as much as I did back home. Added to that of course, is the fact that my parents are no longer with me. My best friend has already (seemingly) gotten over her homesickness yet I feel stuck and overwhelmed and I'm not sure how to cope with it.
How should I go about dealing with my homesickness and my thoughts about transferring universities? I've been thinking that I should at least give it a full year before I make any decisions, but being away from my parents is just incredibly hard sometimes and I feel like I'm going to cry pretty often.
(I just really miss my parents and feel incredibly stupid in such a competitive university full of brilliant people)
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