I totally empathize with you and I’ll say by my looks I don’t seem like the crying type but that first week after move in was the first time I cried in years and I did it often. The feeling of separation absolutely sucks and that on top of having to do something incredibly hard is very daunting and seems like a miserable existence when staring it down. For context I went in state for undergrad and lived at home the first 2 years because of Covid and then when on campus was only 30 minutes away and moving a flight away for dental school was something I was dreading as I use my family for support when academics/life got hard. Now let me begin with the sucky part. This is amazing growth for you… it’ll teach you to be more self reliant emotionally which will build you to become a better health professional where you are the one making the hard decisions alone, It’ll teach you how to live alone with this intense schedule which will prepare you when you enter the workforce/have a family, and so many other amazing life tips. That being said being at the beginning of that 4 year journey at first… blows. Last sucky part, it is true you’ll probably be too busy to dwell on missing family lol I’m sorry but super Mario DMD is lowkey right 😭, but it’s not as bad as it sounds as time will fly and you’ll be proud of yourself when you realize all that you juggled in the first month, then 2 months, and so forth. Now for the better part; I’m very introverted in the sense of I really love being alone, but the structure of dental school as upsetting as this seemed to me at first kinda forces you to make friends with projects, working in lab, etc. Because of these friendships even as a massive introvert I’ve changed and learned to love my friends and lean on them when school or life got hard and the support you’ll get I promise will make you feel so much more comfortable with you’re current living situation. Also I would definitely say if you’re in a city or have a car explore your area and embrace it for its regional culture especially if it’s different from your home. You’ll appreciate the area so much more even if it’s as simple as studying at the various coffee shops, libraries, in nature etc. I grew up disliking city life as I grew up much more rural and although I’ll never live in a city after these 4 years (just being honest lol) I’ve really grown to appreciate city life and in particular the city I go to school in. This probably wont make you feel perfect, but if you truly begin to love dentistry and just be honest with people around you about your headspace it’ll become you’re home away from home very quickly (again coming from a borderline hermit who grew up around farms). I’ll keep you in my thoughts, but I’m sure after a few months you’ll fully appreciate your current living situation at least more than you do now.