Wishing you were still abroad? Missing the friends, family, adventure and lifestyle you left behind? Sometimes coming back home isn’t always as easy as it sounds. It is very common to experience reverse culture shock upon returning from time spent abroad. Even though you may be happy to be home, here are some tips and resources to help you settle back in:

• Join the international club on your home campus, or see if your community has a social group for the country where you studied abroad.
  
  
• Meet up with groups, organizations or activities that interested you before you studied abroad.
  
  
• Talk to the study abroad advisor at your home college or university. You won’t be the first person who has had trouble re-adjusting to campus life.
  
  
• Consider volunteering as a peer advisor in your home campus study abroad office so that you can share your positive experiences with others.
  
  
• Rent movies from the country where you studied abroad, and keep up with the news and sports by buying magazines or newspapers from your host country.
  
  
• Visit the following links for ideas and additional support:
  
  Re-entry shock
  
  Bibliography of re-entry resources