Dec 11 2009
Stress in College
Many college students deal with college stress — which may be a vital factor in the awful “Freshmen 15.” Actually, due to stress, a high percentage of freshmen do not go on to graduate.
1. Regular academic stress. Not surprisingly, the college workload is more involved than the workload in high school, plus it comes with much less hand-holding from the teachers and parents. With challenging classes, the scheduling issues to harmonize, difficult exams and other educational obstacles, associated with the free nature of the learning structure, most returning and new students find themselves educating long, hard hours.
2. When freshmen face the many evident social challenges, which involve leaving the entire support structure behind, making some new social network, coping with being far away from your home and locating less parental help, most college students face social stress. Locating and living with roommates, balancing school work with friends, and coping with the activities of young adult relationships may all be hard, and such challenges can result in significant stress.
3.There are various miscellaneous stresses, which often come from academic life. A majority of students keep long crazy hours from keeping up late to learn, getting up early in the morning for classes, and attempting to cram in all work and fun, which can possibly fit. Typically the logistics of residing more independently—from car insurance to laundry — may cause stress. New college students deal with missing their homes and more experienced students can wonder whether they are in the correct major.