College is an intimidating challenge that has encouragement to achieve success. According to Dr. Randall S. Hansen, a professor with a Ph.D. along with being a marketer and the founder of Quintessential Careers, he examined and explained how students react and that failure occurs too often. Your First Year of College: 25 Strategies and Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond; he expressed thoughts on how to succeed through such a tough part in life: college. “Be sure you set aside some time and activities that help you relax and take the stress out of your day or week” Dr. Hansen explained the college experience for people to be exciting, yet beneficial. Reading this article, helped me understand that it is essential
Starting college as a Freshman is exciting; it is also unnerving. The comfort of everything I know is going to disappear and it will be time to grow up and face reality. However, reality isn’t doomed to be negative if I prepare for my future and
Coming to college as an adult, we have many expectations and preconceptions of what college will or will not be. The expectations we have can influence our college life for the better or the worse. My experience since starting college has been an interesting one. People have misconceptions about college because they do not know what to expect. After doing some research, I have concluded that there are three major factors that are often misunderstood about college life. The first is the financial aspect of college. Second, is the relationship between the professors and students. Third is time management. These three factors play an important role in why people are afraid to go down the path to college.
For first year students coming straight from high school, college life can either be very exciting or overwhelming depending on how well one prepares for it. Some have the notion that college is fun and is all about partying, while some believe that it is an environment in which they can achieve the ultimate freedom thus escape the stringent rules made by their parents at home. Others look forward to experiencing a different learning environment while being exposed to different cultures and sharing different academic knowledge. Successful assimilation into college life is determined by the student’s capability to transform into the new role of a college student. Numerous students face challenges they have never experienced before which can
Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle in their book “Rereading America” feel that commencing college is a very disturbing experience. So many things we have to deal while starting college, but the major challenges are expanded difficulty levels and higher expectation which we are not familiar over the years of high school. In order to solve this issue, we have to remodel ourselves by taking up the challenge and rethink about our strength and flaws. To succeed in college we need to be mentally strong and dedicated towards our goal.
The study examines First Year Generation College students in Colleges and Universities. The majority of the research focuses on the challenges on what first year generation college students must go through to maintain a high level of academic performance and retention. First Year Generation College Students continue to make adjustments to survive college and must achieve academic success. When reviewing additional information regarding the study it involves talking to First Year Generation College Student filling out questionnaires and discussion their experiences on campus. The survey questions allows researchers to gain knowledge about how first year generation college adjusts to college. The study explores the challenges of first generation
“Your First Year of College: 25 Strategies and Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond” by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., shows tips on how to be successful in my freshman year of college. These 25 tips and strategies are super helpful for almost any problem that could arise during my first year. Dr. Hansen gives very good examples to help freshman. For example, he explains we need to get organized but instead of just saying that he gives us examples like a big wall calendar or personal organizer. Another tip is that studying will be very important in college. Therefore, finding a good study spot will be a key to success. In addition, Dr. Hansen says do not be shy and make new friends; they’re all
With the switch from high school to college, students will be changed for the better or worse. An article titled “Your First Year of College: 25 Strategies and Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond” written by Randall S. Hansen, a retired professor, explains that college does not need to be complex as most make it out to be. In college, the first week is essential to all students “It is during this time that you make critical decisions that will have an effect on the rest of your life.” (Hansen 1). Many kids drop out of college early due to their participation in the party scene. Students who are dedicated to their education receive the true college experience. Hansen explains that scholars should relax and participate
College can be very challenging and those challenges can start early on when you start to think about packing and preparing for the upcoming school year. We want to help you get rid of unnecessary stress and confusion so here’s a list of 10 essentials to make you a successful college student.
A clean slate, independence, myriad of critical decisions, and a shower of responsibility are what college has to offer you. In “Your First Year of College: 25 Strategies and Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond,” Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D. describes some crucial tips to help a freshman succeed in college. He explains “The first few weeks on campus are extremely critical for all new students”(Hansen). It is a crucial to go to all orientations to get to know the campus and professors. The author explains it is also good to get to know the people in each class or even in the dorms, if you chose to live in them, in case you miss a class and need help or the assignment. Most freshmen must also learn to cope with feeling
Initially college education seems to be the perfect tool to succeed in real life. Newly graduated may believe that achieving their goals is easy, but the truth is opposite, slowly they become aware that the surrounding factors can be extremely hostile. However, the success of those that have completed a college education and step into the real world depends on several individual factors such as motivation, self-confidence, personality, and perseverance.
Do you know that 20% of students dropout college because they couldn’t handle the academic work? Most people believe that college is the main key for getting a good job. Thousands of students are enrolling in college in the United States every year. However, some of them quit college after the freshman year. Learning about success in college is very important. All students should learn about success in college, which will give them a full idea of how they can be successful in college. There are many things that students should learn to meet their goals in college.
College is said to be the best four years of one’s life. I believe that, no matter the circumstances, the outcome of someone’s college experience is completely dependent upon the student himself. Regardless of any obstacles a student faces, it is up to himself to make the most out of college and be successful. Despite the various challenges that lay ahead of me, either common among university students or unique to myself, I will graduate and make college the best four years of my life. Universities each have their own challenges that students must overcome. Many students, myself included, don’t arrive with the proper preparation for a college education. On top of these challenges, I will face my own hardships
For long periods of time, college has been considered as one of the few ways young people can cultivate a solid start to success, and they try to go to a prestige college. Even after they go to a good college, most of college students desire success in their college life. What success in college means might be different from individuals, and as many of our social values have changed along the way, definitions of college success have been diversified. For example, in the article “College Success Stories: 5 Students Like You Who Made It Through” Rasmussen College in 2014, the author Will Erstad introduces five examples of college success stories, and one of them is a story about nursing student Krystl Taylor, who is a parent with kids and become a college student at the same time. Since she had to raise her family and adjust to new college life, she struggled with loneliness, caring her kids, and attending classes. However after all, she finished her college life successfully with her instructor and school’s support, and college success does not mean mere graduation to her but setting an example for her kids that being educated and going after a dream is important. Additionally, Jennings et al., faculty members and administrators in New England, in their article, “How Students Define Success in College,” show many different types of college success through their ethnographic study, and they
The message that past college students continue to repeat is that college was the best times of their lives. However, naturally being rewarded with so much fun and activities, we must make ourselves accountable for how we decide to spend our undergraduate years. Based on what we have gained on our own past experiences, we must apply it to our lives now to achieve the best version of ourselves.
Patrick Combs’ Major in Success proves to be an extraordinarily valuable tool for college students interested in deriving the most from their college experience. The book contains ample advice for facilitating a sometimes confusing time as an undergraduate student while managing to fire up dreams that can translate into amazing post-graduation opportunities, specifically jobs. Combs divides the book into sections, which include the Dream Job and the Action Plan. Each of these two parts encourages students to pursue a brand of success that will provide personal satisfaction and happiness by providing useful tips for getting the most out of their time in school.