Have you ever spent significant time away from your home, friends, and family?

For some students, homesickness can lead to poor behavioral or emotional distress, such as anxiety, stress, depression, and social withdrawal. Your interviewers are curious if you've explored this and whether you've considered how you'll manage this often ignored issue. This could impact one's studies and academic performance.

Showcasing that you've thought this through and explored solutions for this possibility will reflect that you go the extra mile to ensure your success. Some common approaches to combat homesickness and embrace college life away from home are joining or forming a club, joining a gym or fitness class, and taking part in campus activities, to name a few. Share how you'll maintain close communication with your support groups at home (friends, family, mentors, etc.), among many other methods. Display your knowledge of the resources Salus offers and share your plan.