When you decided to go to a college there could be many bits you have to look for. Also little details can have a big influence on your wellbeing, when you are far away from your home.
Does your college offer programs for your free time to find new friends? Is there a fitness center or a community center next to your college? It is very important to join clubs in the first weeks, because there will be all new students and they will be all searching for new friends. To be in clubs or sports clubs is the easiest way to meet new people you will have to stay with them on one place an you will have to stay with them on one place and you have to talk with them. You can get homesick very fast without doing something, because you will only stay home and will not do anything.