Some college students think that they cannot fail. Students that did well in high school, think getting a bad grade is the end of the world. It is common to get a bad grade in college occasionally, but students think they are invincible denying it will happen to them. They need to be prepared that college can be hard for some people and a bad grade is not the end of the world. According to The University of Alabama’s webpage titled “Causes of Failure in College,” students cannot take criticism. In high school, it is the teacher’s job to grade and critic the work. The trouble is that many students do not know how to evaluate their work. They frequently overestimate their understanding of college material and the quality of their written work.
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Going to college is big life change, lot of things are different including independence from parents, finding yourself, choosing a career path, meeting new people. On one college tour I was on there was a boy who said he didn’t realize how much free time he would have in college. He said he would go to class for a few hours a day then go back to his dorm and play video games all day. He said it was a bad time because he didn’t make a lot of friends that way and all he did was spend his time playing video games. Then the next semester he learned he couldn’t do that anymore so he joined some clubs and made some new friends and life was better. In high school, some kids have their parents breathing down their backs telling them what to do and when to do it. Contrarily, in college they have to budget their own time themselves and they choose what they want to do with it. Many students feel overwhelmed but do not seek help. As referenced in the bestcolleges.com article “The Top Mental Health Challenges Facing Students”, there are growing concerns over other mental health issues affecting college students. Some prevalent issues are depression, anxiety, suicide, eating disorders, and addiction. 80% of students feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities. 75% of those affected by an anxiety disorder will experience their first episode before the age of 22. Also, 10% of college students has thought about or made a plan to commit suicide. This shows that college can be a very difficult time in someone life. In the same article, 40% of them did not seek help. Students need to be educated before and during college that it is okay to seek help for problems like this and how to better deal with
Going to college is big life change, lot of things are different including independence from parents, finding yourself, choosing a career path, meeting new people. On one college tour I was on there was a boy who said he didn’t realize how much free time he would have in college. He said he would go to class for a few hours a day then go back to his dorm and play video games all day. He said it was a bad time because he didn’t make a lot of friends that way and all he did was spend his time playing video games. Then the next semester he learned he couldn’t do that anymore so he joined some clubs and made some new friends and life was better. In high school, some kids have their parents breathing down their backs telling them what to do and when to do it. Contrarily, in college they have to budget their own time themselves and they choose what they want to do with it. Many students feel overwhelmed but do not seek help. As referenced in the bestcolleges.com article “The Top Mental Health Challenges Facing Students”, there are growing concerns over other mental health issues affecting college students. Some prevalent issues are depression, anxiety, suicide, eating disorders, and addiction. 80% of students feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities. 75% of those affected by an anxiety disorder will experience their first episode before the age of 22. Also, 10% of college students has thought about or made a plan to commit suicide. This shows that college can be a very difficult time in someone life. In the same article, 40% of them did not seek help. Students need to be educated before and during college that it is okay to seek help for problems like this and how to better deal with