Unprepared For College Essay

Most professors today ask the question, are incoming college freshman academically prepared for college? The answer to that question is no. Even high school and college instructor have their differences about if incoming freshman are prepared for college. Incoming college freshman are not academically prepared for college because of the difference in gender preparedness, transition from high school classes to college classes, and how high school and college instructors have differences about what students should learn, however academic advising, and living on campus can help students in the long run. Students are getting tested in high school to see if they are prepared for college. Research says that boys and girls are tested to see who is more prepared for college. Through research boys are the ones who are more prepared than girls, but not in all subjects because they are strong in math, science, and technology. “In this study, more boys (52.57%) were college-ready in math as …show more content…
Students who live on campus have the chance to be academically prepared other than the ones who don’t live on campus. Living on campus gives students more opportunities because students who live on campus meet new people and find out about new places that can help them. The reason why students who don’t live on campus are academically unprepared is because they don’t have the same resource as the students who live on campus. “Additional research suggests that living on campus improves academic outcomes for all students for all students but has the greatest impact on students taking remedial coursework (“developmental” students)” (Schudde Para11). This is important to know because living on campus does give more opportunities. Another reason this is important is because of the social effect on living campus students have vs. the non- living on campus students