Sultan Qaboos University has students from all over Oman. You see, many of them come from far-away villages. They have big dreams when they join this university. However, soon they find that life at the university isn’t what they expected. They have many difficulties, you know. In my essay, I’m gonna talk about three difficulties of first-year students at SQU. The three most important difficulties of first-year students at SQU are homesickness, food, and the distance to the classroom.