Reflection On College

Going to college is the first step to jump into the society, learning how to communicate with others, get more advanced information, acknowledge and share ideas with friends. However, many students are getting into trouble, which not related with education. In the essay, "College Pressure," William Zinsser focuses on four main types of pressure that college student experiences, which are economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-induced pressure. Zinsser writes about the pressures and gives examples on each one by writing scenarios or giving a personal experience when he witnessed college students struggling with anxiety. The essay gives a good amount of information and details to back up the

According to Lupien, McEwan, Gunnar, and Heim (2009), going off to college involves significant adjustments to their daily routines; sleeping and eating habits, time-management skills, and stress levels will be altered in one way or another. First-year students have to adjust to the new school environment, different social settings, and new schedules, all without the help and guidance from their parents, who have been there for them for eighteen years. Over 30% of college freshman report that they feel overwhelmed (Klainberg, Ewing, & Ryan, 2010), where some students even opt to work as they juggle their class and work schedules. Some students work at a job or study harder than others, but they are all trying to get degrees so maybe one day they will have meaningful and significant lives. It is a constant struggle for everyone who is trying desperately to make him or herself into a success. And every college student wants to be involved in society in a positive manner, allowing contribution of their ideals and values to others.

Another reason why students are not successful in college is that of stress. Relationships, family issues and cost of tuition are stress-related factors that are dealt with a college student. The America Institute of the street website says, “a 2008 mental health study by the Associated Press and mtvU eight in 10 college students say they have experienced stress in their daily lives over the past three months” (Stress in College Students p. 1). The college that I

Many people think college is a carefree place, full of fun and games for students. In reality ,the majority of students are bogged down in school work rushing to meet their deadlines for homework assignments projects,and even cramming study time for exams and quizzes. On top of that , college can be pretty costly. Therefore, this is normally a highly stressful period for most people in their lives. In the essay “College Pressures”, the author William Zinsser mentions how students go through so much stress and pressure from different aspects of college. He discusses the pressures that college students faced in the late 1970’s that are still happening now in today's society . Zinsser focuses on four main pressures that students face as they enter the college realm, which includes economic, parental, peer, and self-induced pressures. It's not only the pressure but In the essay “College Is a Waste of Time and Money” by Caroline Bird , the author attempts to persuade her readers that colleges are overflowing with students who don't belong there and that college education is a useless endeavor that is often forced on students. Between the money it costs, the time it takes,and all the pressures from the different aspects of college it can be pretty overwhelming to think about. The question is how could we reduces the struggle and tension that college brings upon students.

Although the stress of college students is largely present, it is just another part of college. The real epidemic here besides added pressure on female students is how students as a whole can reduce the amount of stress that is put on them by personal practices. The hardships that students are going through now will be prevalent in the future when they become very successful from all the aspects they were challenged

There is so many pressures put on college students. In further review of Sarah Ann Ferner’s document in the Odyssey on Pressures of College Students the pressures are, academic, finances, relationships, independence and accountability, peers, facing the future and the last is multitasking stress. One of the pressures is academic expectations. This pressure is from parents and teachers expecting good grades and attendance from the students. Also, these are college classes and the teachers expect more from them and that means more homework and more reading assignments. The more ambitious the students face the more academic pressure is put on that student. The next pressure students face is finances. While being away from home for most students is a

College Pressure “College Pressures” written by William Zinsser, describes the everyday pressures of a college student. He comments, that students no longer want to change the world but, want to get ahead in it. As a college student I couldn’t agree more with this statement, I find myself trying to be the best of the best, regardless if I’m interested in what I’m doing. The pressures of being a college student are hard to see past, when your whole life revolves around what you do while you are in school.

College students has a lot of stress that can lead to them to a condition like depression and decide to committed suicide. Those stresses can come from the individual loss a social network because this is make the individual feeling insecure, lonely or the feeling of no confidence about their self. College student also experience being pressure academically and socially, for instance having certain standard of pass and fail and the individual is expecting to meet, which this can put a lot of stress and worry to the individual. College also has a difficulty time adjusting to new demands of college life like living independent that they must take care of their self, in charge of their bills and making good decision about their life, which is can be very hard to college students and leaving them feel so stress. When their academic performance decrease, it can be very stressful because it would mean that they will not meet the require of certain GPA point or they must retake the class which is require money and time. College students also stress about losing financial aid and debt after graduate or worry about when they are going to graduated. There are just so many

The stereotypical American college student goes out partying all the time and stays up all night finishing an assignment or studying for a test. This stereotype may be accurate, but it is detrimental to our higher education culture. Hearing kids around me say “I’m so stressed for college. I’m never going to get any sleep when I go,” is heartbreaking. The pursuit of knowledge is a long and tiring journey, but it would be much more enjoyable if it didn’t come with a side of extreme stress and constantly-lowering mental health.

College Pressures lingers William Zinsser is not only a American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher, but also a keen observer. In the late 1970’s, William Zinsser bought up the long-lasting issue – college pressure – in his essay “College Pressure”. Zinsser, once as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, was the master of Branford College at the time he wrote such article. Zinsser’s views appear to me, a student struggles in the first year of college, to be intelligent, insightful, foresighted and —perhaps most importantly—well worth pondering.

College is a very important but difficult stage in a person’s life. New students get the feeling that everything will be easy, but it will not. Many of them will face many challenges that will make them better in life. Most scholars will go through new experiences that would change them forever. College also brings a handful of pressures such as economic pressure, time pressure and parental pressure, according to the article “College Pressure” by William Zinsser. Meaning that college pressure could make students stumble in their way to graduation.

Stress is unavoidable, no matter the situation, location, or time; stress is always present. Stress is found in higher levels during the duration in which students attend college. It is predictably higher among college students, freshmans in particular, because of the extreme expectations set upon them by their parents and, of course, society. The need to please their parents, longing for success in life, and being able to sustain a reasonable income in the future, all of which falls into the hands of college students who are making critical decisions which may decide the outcome for a large portion of their lives. If these students end up hating their future jobs, the stress of having to go back into college to study for a new career

College is always an exciting time in a student’s life to further their future and education success. It’s a time where the student is in charge of their education and hoping to get to the end with their dream career, but what happens after you enter college really? Some students will struggle more than others when entering college. Most students who enter in college whether straight out from high school or are returning either have lack of motivation/effort, lack of time management, and academic

With an increased demand for skilled labors, many students nowadays find themselves needing to complete some form of higher education at college to ensure their success in the workplace and their future career goals. Although freshmen students often enter college with high expectations and ambitions, many eventually drop out of college. Why does that happen? In an ever-changing and more competitive environment, the demanding expectations on college students now soar at unprecedented heights, creating stressful and unpleasant experiences for many of them as they try to keep up with all the burdens inflicted upon them. In their writings, Dr. Christine B. Whelan, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alan Schwartz, and Nisha Ramachandran explore and illustrate some of the stress-creating challenges that freshmen struggle with today. Even though many factors contribute to the huge list of problems for first-year students, many of the problems that create stress for college freshmen fall under the categories of academic factors, (what adverb to add) teachers, and personal-life conflicts.

Additionally, students are academically pressured, for they undergo the stress of getting good grades in order to apply for a good college. Dennis, Phinney and Chuateco (2005) write that there is a possibility that some students are not quite able to go to college because of their grades in high lack the chances to enter many colleges, so they will start having harsh emotions such as anxiety and depression. while there are influences that are involved to college readiness, form students' families and their significant role in set prospect such as overseeing the achievement of homework projects, and reassuring a diversity of learning chances separate from school. Accordingly, that lead the student to have high grades and able to enroll to college,