Social support systems often relate to a person's ability to cope with stressful events. When the stressful event involves relocation, however, the benefits of social support may not extend beyond the relocation. A study was conducted to examine how a move to college affects social support and homesickness. College freshmen (N=70) who were from out of state, lived on campus, and had few friends or relatives living near their college completed social support and homesickness questionnaires at four times: (1) in summer prior to leaving home for college; (2) in September of their freshman year; (3) in November of their freshman year; and (4) in March of their freshman year. Categories of social support examined were general socializing, direct aid, general advice, pleasant intimate interaction, and troubling intimate interaction. The results revealed that students with high summer support satisfaction maintained higher support satisfaction at college, but experienced no greater homesickness than did students with low summer support satisfaction. Regardless of level of summer support satisfaction, homesickness increased then decreased. Males and females reported different levels of support satisfaction and different patterns of change across time. Females tended to report greater support satisfaction across all categories of support than did males. (NB)