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College Life a Test in Itself: Freshmen Adjust to Its Rhythms |
| Section: LIFE / EDUCATION |
| Author: Julia Neyman |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2006 |
| Size: 1,633 Words, 10,471 Characters |
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The complete change in lifestyle from the end of senior year in high school to the beginning of freshman year in college can be overwhelming for many students.
Curfews are replaced by all-night parties and all-night study sessions. Incessant amounts of high school homework give way to college exams that determine a whole semester's worth of effort in one sitting. Lifelong friends who live across the street are replaced by strangers who live across the hall. New students struggle with social issues such as separation from parents and friends as well as practical concerns such as eating healthfully and managing finances.
"You've got kids who, for the most part, have been living at home, having a lot of things done for them, being in kind of a routine they've been in for many years, n...
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..." (www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/articles/transitions.html) is a detailed, research-backed article written by Robin F. Goodman, Ph.D., in 2001 for the New York University Child Study Center, a research and psychiatric care organization. The piece gives parents advice about dealing with the emotional hardships caused by a child moving away to school.
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