College students are some of the busiest people from dealing with multiple classes, work, and all the other things that come along with being a student. Many students use the “stressed out” when someone asks how things are going for them or how they feel about their day so far. College just naturally demands more work from a student than high school once did. You start to realize these things almost right away once you begin college. The workload becomes bigger, the time seems to become shorter, and teachers become more demanding.…
Stress is a major issue for college students as they grapple with a variety of academic, personal, and social pressures. Students…
As most of us know, college can be stressful. People deal with anxiety in all different aspects of life, but most students have a hard time having to go to college. Students can easily get anxious trying to juggle school, work, friends, and family while trying to figure out the rest of their lives. A majority of students can bounce back, but intense, uncontrollable and frequent feelings of anxiety that affect their daily routines may be a sign of an anxiety disorder that’s developed over time of dealing with so much stress. The causes? The stress of schoolwork, relationships, and finances. The more we think about everything they have to do, the more the students feel like they’re paralyzed. Anxiety has now surpassed depression as the most common mental health diagnosis among college…
Stress is what we experience through a complex interplay between external forces in the environment (stressors) and our perceived ability to adapt to them. Based on our textbook, stressors fall into three main types: catastrophes, significant life changes, and daily hassles. As a high school senior (a month left of high school), my major stressor falls into significant life change category, which are both turning 18 and starting college. I feel like turning 18 will be seen as an adult, so I must act maturely and have tons of responsibility. Also, I am not ready for college at all, I do not want to leave my friends and family and am quite nervous about everything. Whenever I think about I am going to college very soon, I get sweaty palms (physiological) and feel overwhelmed (psychological).…
Many people imagine the foundation of college as a time for students to be carefree and experience a newfound freedom. In actuality, the majority of students is preparing for exams and overwhelmed in schoolwork. This is a highly stressful period for college students and will therefore undergo a mental illness created by stress. William Zinsser’s essay “College Pressures” focuses on four main pressures faced by Harvard students in 1979. Economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-induced pressure are the pressures students experience as they transition to the college realm and continue to affect college students today. Zinsser was a lifelong journalist, nonfiction writer, and taught writing at Yale University. These major…
Going to college, and being successful while in college are two completely different things. As many may already know, college can be extremely difficult to excel in, while also being easy to mess up in. Entering college can be fun, and distracting, but that “fun” and “distraction” can be a student’s worst enemy. According to a 2008 study, eight in ten college students reported being stressed out or plagued with anxiety, and since then that number has increased by 20 percent! College as stated in the preceding text can be strenuous, but with effective time management, consistent study habits, and responsible decision making, college will be much easier.…
The 2010 American Freshman National Norms reveals that concerns over finance may contribute to stress in college students. This can involve the struggle to find sufficient money to pay for tuition, as well as securing the funds needed to cover the costs of living while attending school. Even those students who are able to qualify for financial aid to cover college costs have to cope with the financial stress of knowing that they will have to pay back a large sum of money after graduation.…
Students can become very over whelmed their first year of college. This may lead to different types of academic difficulties. Some students may face test anxiety, and difficulty concentrating. If a student feels over whelmed, they should meet with their advisor, or maybe seek tutoring by joining a study group. All students go through some academic difficulties, but they should always stay positive and seek the help they need.…
The impact of stress on students who attend college or universtiy has a tangible negative effect…
Adjusting to the academic stressors in college can be problematic for many freshmen. You have to figure out exactly…
College has its own relationship with stress; you’re bound to experience it. Your family expects the best from you, friends want you to party and that new TV show is just calling your name. All this can lead to stress. We all despise it but are faced with it. The pressure of passing classes, keeping your scholarships and social status give stress a whole new name. Stress can make anyone’s life frustrating but when you’re a college student experiencing real stress for the first time, it makes everything seem out of reach.…
For freshers at the university, the sudden amount of free time; class that only meet one or two times a week for two hours or so; leads to the development of habits that can impair academic performance and increase stress levels. For others, separation from home is a source of stress because for many students this is the first time they are living independently, and this independence often leads to great stress. University is a time for transitions, and the transition to adulthood may be a hard one. Some students have to come to terms with issues of sexual orientation,…
Stress is anything that that affects us physically and emotionally or tends to distort our body. Stress is very common is teenagers nowadays and intellectual stress among college students has been an agenda for many years. Suicide has become a very common problem in students caused by college stress. Major reasons of students committing suicide caused by stress are as follows; academic linked issues, exposure to environment, anxiety/depression.…
2) Are you still not used of the sudden change of environment from high school to college?…
Many students who graduated in high school are so eager in entering the portals of college life. They think that college is more on good times, more on easy and free from stresses tasks and more. But college is the exact opposite of what are mentioned. Instead of happy moments, college is full of pressure and tormenting tasks because at this point in time, you are being equipped with the necessary competencies needed in the field of specialization you have chosen. College students have to mingle with great deal of stress. And, as a college student, this is what I am experiencing right now.…