Leaving home was quite hard thing to do. I left alone and I didn't know anyone in my new city. I am happy that I didn't have to thing others when I left. My little brother did stay at home and my parents live together, so I didn't have to think is my mother okay. That summer was quite much awful, I just worked and tried to learn new city. I was quite much all alone that summer. Emailed a lot to my old friends and visited them couple of times. When my school finally began I get some new friends and I felt better.
Basicly it just takes some time, just like any bigger thing whats happens in life.
. The first thing you need to do is make friends with you room mates (BFF and I made the choice NOT to live together) and your neighbors. There is so much to do and having friends around you makes it all the better. I spent my first and only Christmas away fom home at Disney and I would have never made it if I had not had the my new friends. Call home everyday if you want, but limit the phone call to 15 min or less. Try to get in good with your managers, I did and they got me a week off so I could go home the week after Thanksgiving. The most important thing is not let your home sickness take over your day, if you do you will miss out on to much. Try new things (it's ok to get a little crazy). Don't spend your days off in your apartment, go to the parks, go to the mall, if you have a car explore Orlando. Doing the college program is one of the best thing I have ever done, in the end it made me a much stronger person. I wish you all the best of luck 
