Admitted High School Behaviors

Alison Lin

“Freshmen Adjust to College Socially but Struggle Academically, Survey Finds”

By Jeffrey R. Young

Many changes in behavior and attitudes

Drink More

Study a Little Harder

Spend far Less Time on Volunteer Work and

Exercise

“Your First College Year”

“Your First College Year”

Survey conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles

Nearly 25,000 freshmen at 109 four-year colleges

Given in April of 2002 and during first week on campus, fall 2002

Adjust well socially to college life But struggled academically

Friends For Life

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Friends For Life

Freshmen do well in developing close friendships

84% of freshmen completely or fairly successful

PARTY TIME!!!

The number of freshmen who party more than 6 hours per week rose from 21.4% to 26.5%

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Chug Chug Chug

Percentage of students who drank frequently or occasionally rose 45.8% at the beginning of the year

58.5% at the end of the year

Studying in High School

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Adjusting Academically

Students who felt “frequently overwhelmed” 29.9% to 37.8%

97% thought they had some kind of chance at a B average Only 77% did

47.9% felt fairly successful or completely successful in getting to know their professors 31% felt intimidated

Statistics show…

Volunteer work From 88.5% To 62.9%

Talking politically From 20.5% To 13.4%

Freshman 10???

Exercising or playing a sport 6 hours or more From 53% to 34%

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Survey Says…

Adjusting socially to college lifeX Adjusting academically

Ms. Sax says…“Student’s self-confidence is declining

academically. The real challenge of the first year at this point is to help students adjust academically.”