returning

Returning from Your Study Abroad Program

Welcome back to the U.S. and Macalester! We hope you had a wonderful experience studying and living abroad. How is it to be back? Are you finding that coming home is more difficult than you anticipated? Many students find that while it's great catching up with friends and family they are still feeling a little "out of it." You're probably finding that classes and daily life at Mac are not as exciting as your time in London, Florence, or Quito. These feelings are quite normal. Re-entering your culture can be just as difficult and sometimes more difficult than adjusting to your host culture when you went abroad.

Even if you aren't experiencing any difficulties with re-entry you may still be trying to figure out how you can incorporate everything you learned abroad into your life here.

The following resources will help you with this transition:

Resources for re-entry:

• Re-entry and re-adjustment issues
• Common phases of re-entry and culture shock
• How to integrate your study away experience
• Information on internationally oriented graduate programs