Should I drop out of uni after a couple of weeks?

Just moved into University and already i'm really missing home. I know this is probably natural but for me its getting me depressed and really upset.

I've already met some good people and had a good laugh but I can't stop thinking about home. I was always put off going to uni for this same reason but I just wanted to see what uni life was like - hell, I'm not even that motivated for my course.

I'm missing my parents (who are my best friends as I used to work with them and see them all the time) and my surroundings and I can't help but think life is too short to be unhappy.

Here's my dilemma.

Do I stay at uni, try and get used to it, give it a chance but then if I do drop out have to repay tuition fees? (which is the least of my worries)

Or, do I look like a complete failure and drop out within a fortnight, but save paying fees back and become my old, happy self again?

I feel like my dad especially wants me to come home, he never wanted me to go and has been crying on the phone since I got here which has made me even more upset whereas my mum misses me but wants to see me do well at uni.

At home, aside from my parents and close family, I don't have a social life. Which is why I needed experience university (probably the wrong mentality heading into it) so i'm in a real state.

Uni is a great chance to start over again, to make new friends, become independent and push for a better career but I was happy with how I was. I just don't know what to do.

Just moved into University and already i'm really missing home. I know this is probably natural but for me its getting me depressed and really upset.

I've already met some good people and had a good laugh but I can't stop thinking about home. I was always put off going to uni for this same reason but I just wanted to see what uni life was like - hell, I'm not even that motivated for my course.

I'm missing my parents (who are my best friends as I used to work with them and see them all the time) and my surroundings and I can't help but think life is too short to

Oh I feel you home sickness is the worst. I just started uni and wanted to come home so badly at first. Now I am still unsure, but have decided to put myself out there and stick it out for at least a few weeks before deciding whether it's for me, or whether I'd be better off getting a job/ reapplying to a closer uni net year & possibly commuting. I only have a couple of friends back home and the people here are great but I hate my course & no other courses interest me. Also, I don't like where I live & would rather be at home. It just sucks that all my close friends are at uni! speaking to one of my friends at home, she's really lonely because everyone's gone, so I guess I'd at least have one friend at home :/

Are you South Asian by any chance?

I went to a university outside of home last year and I really hated it. Didn't feel I belonged in the group to be honest, hated the city, hated the long walks to university and the long walks for shopping. Apart from a few, didn't like the people I was living with. I was just very different to them, and I had to adapt. I really missed my family and friends from London, and so I had to deal with all that even before doing a very difficult course. So I obviously ended up doing really badly for my course, nothing changed over the course of the year. So I knew I had to change universities and I went back home. Lectures start tomorrow and I can't wait! I like my course friends as well! They're so much better than the ones I had in my other university

Which university did you attend outside London? And which uni do you go to now? Salam I saw that you attend birkbeck and would really like some advice. I'm currently at the university of Leeds and feel very homesick (I live in london) and want to transfer to birkbeck. I'm 20 will there be any people my age? Is there much of a social life? What's the university like. Appericiate your help thank you
Salam I saw that you attend birkbeck and would really like some advice. I'm currently at the university of Leeds and feel very homesick (I live in london) and want to transfer to birkbeck. I'm 20 will there be any people my age? Is there much of a social life? What's the university like. Appericiate your help thank you

I'm feeling the same as you right now But I've decided I'm going to stick it out for the next week and see how it goes I just feel that I'd be more comfortable commuting from home somewhere. But it's really hit me that I'd have to re-apply all over again. So I've decided to look for a job near my uni to keep me busy, if I don't find one around there then I'm going to look for one nearer home and travel home each weekend. Just find things to keep yourself busy!

This is the same as me! I'm going home next weekend to talk to my parents. I hate it here My flatmates are so inconsiderate they play music all hours when I have to get up at 9, eat my food when they come home drunk & make the kitchen a complete mess. I can't go out without disgusting boys approaching me and my flatmates from every angle, my course is horrific and I just want to go home

Just moved into University and already i'm really missing home. I know this is probably natural but for me its getting me depressed and really upset.

I've already met some good people and had a good laugh but I can't stop thinking about home. I was always put off going to uni for this same reason but I just wanted to see what uni life was like - hell, I'm not even that motivated for my course.

I'm missing my parents (who are my best friends as I used to work with them and see them all the time) and my surroundings and I can't help but think life is too short to be unhappy.

Here's my dilemma.

Do I stay at uni, try and get used to it, give it a chance but then if I do drop out have to repay tuition fees? (which is the least of my worries)

Or, do I look like a complete failure and drop out within a fortnight, but save paying fees back and become my old, happy self again?

I feel like my dad especially wants me to come home, he never wanted me to go and has been crying on the phone since I got here which has made me even more upset whereas my mum misses me but wants to see me do well at uni.

At home, aside from my parents and close family, I don't have a social life. Which is why I needed experience university (probably the wrong mentality heading into it) so i'm in a real state.

Uni is a great chance to start over again, to make new friends, become independent and push for a better career but I was happy with how I was. I just don't know what to do.

Your dad has some attachment issues.