Campus wellness Many college students picked the school based on how far away it is from home. And within the first year of college the student becomes homesick and wants to move back home for certain reasons. In this research paper, I will talk about how some college student’s wellness is different from those who live on campus versus the ones who live off campus for the school. Living on campus gives you a better feel for the campus life and making adult decisions by yourself and not having to worry about your parents. Also, your health can be difficult with living on campus because you’re not able to go see your regular doctor if you are sick. The difference with living off campus is you are staying at home with your parents and they do not have the chance to gain the campus life experience. Many college student’s maturity level grows because they are gaining their own responsibilities and no having to deal with what their parents want for them. Living off campus reduces the chance of the students gaining the college life experience and gaining responsibilities for themselves. That is why students will have a better college experience if they live on campus all four years of their college life. “…Living on-campus are at entrance more disposed to engage in various educational, social and cultural experiences of college” (Pascarella 247).
Coming to live on campus will give one more opportunity to gain experience in the campus life, not having to deal with your parents,
Living on campus requires you to only walk a relatively short distance from the dorm to the classroom. You are also surrounded by other students your age with similar ideals and outlooks on life as your own. Meals are accessible and on campus activities are much more convenient and ideal to attend. Living on campus does for the most part does have its benefits. As a student living on campus you are given the opportunity to socialize on a regular bases. Interaction becomes easier because you are amongst an atmosphere of likeminded individuals. Whether it may be in the dormitory among roommates or sitting in the quad with friends between classes.
Numerous studies all over the world have made assumptions about the academic performance of students staying on campus in residences and those who travel to campus every day. Some studies suggest that those students who live in campus residences tend to have an advantage over those who don’t (Peterson, 1975). The following review based in related literature will strive to be as thorough as possible about the chosen topic and problems.
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.
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
Exploring only two topics of engaging in physical activity and having and using a support system it is easy to see that one should not succumb to the pressures of freshman year, rather embrace them and use the resources that are readily available. Other articles state that how a student performs in high school can directly influence how he or she will perform in college. “Academic preparation in high school predicted all indicators of college success, and student absences in high school predicted two individual indicators of college success and a composite of college success indicators” (Stephan). Jennifer Stephan states that one can determine a college student’s success by analyzing their high school academic performance. Regardless it is important that incoming college students understand that they deserve to be where they are and that it is a privilege that not many people around the world have the chance to do. If one realizes how blessed they are to be attending a university obtaining a formal education they will likely find ways to succeed because they know that it is a once in a life time opportunity. There are more questions to be asked and am sure research will continue on areas of improving incoming college students’ success. More research needs to be done in examining and selecting roommates. For example, place students with at least a few similar interests together so they have a sense of belonging and that should start with surveys before entering college while the student is still in high school so there is time to properly room them. There are many facets to improve on and with more research being done everyday there is no reason for high school students’ college acceptance rates and first year college students’ GPA to continue to
When a student goes off to college, they begin to no longer rely on their parents as much as they once have. The majority of college students choose to live on campus. They start becoming more independent. They learn to make their own food, do their homework and clean up after themselves without being told, and they start providing for themselves for the most part. They discover they have to be responsible with their money because they now have tuition to pay; and books, tuition, and other miscellaneous items to buy. They also gain a better sense of responsibility by deciding their major and choosing their career
Desiring to have a better life in future inclines people to focus on their academic career. Schools, exams, busy schedules and a pile of work are quintessential this goal. Therefore, students who want to achieve a better future prefer undergoing hard work instead of engaging in social activities. However, social sides of college do not only occupy a big role, but also has plenty of benefits. Social life in college becoming increasingly essential in today’s world triggered an acceptable consideration: Social parts of college should be considered as equal as the academic parts because of psychological, social reasons and its benefits in terms of future.
When a high school student moves on to college it can be a big move. A teenager who once was dependent on their parent is now independent on their own. Moving on campus not being in parents’ house can be difficult and hard. College life is hard because the parents who use of motivate and keep their child focus on school work is not there. College life can
The biggest problem for teenagers when they came to the College is shocked. The article “The Real Campus Source” was written by Frank Bruni makes us know more about the life and the feeling of the students who study at college in first semester. So how the alumnus feels when they first come to college? The author analyses the emotion of the students. He knows that they feel lonely, bored, and abandoned because they don't know about the people who they first time meet (2018). I agree with the author’s opinion that student will feel lonely when they study first semester in college and I disagree with the point that using technology for connect students’ family and high school friends can make them isolated to new people.
The hardest decision a student has to make during their senior year of high school is which school to attend and whether to live on campus or commute. There are both advantages and disadvantages to both scenarios. The entire college experience is a learning trip and it is oftentimes a young adults first step towards independence. Living on campus is an adjustment and is a huge eye-opener to the real world. The college dorm life is considered to be part of the "full college experience," but the costs of living in a residence hall can persuade students to remain home while they are in college in order to avoid housing fees.
Like many of the questionnaires utilized for research in the articles used for this literature review, it was anonymous, and administered and collected during class. This form of data collection provided high turn in rates allowing researchers to have a wide study scale. According to Hicks, T., & Heastie, S., contrasting levels of stress and coping mechanisms were present in these students. It was noted that traditional college students experience more psychological stress than their nontraditional student counterparts. In addition, during the first year of college, the amount of stress experienced by students is the highest in comparison to stress in the remainder of the years. These results are especially important because it stresses the need for a strong health and wellness center within colleges and universities.
The first year of college comes with many changes and challenges. These changes can include the food in the cafeteria, study habits, time management skills, and much more. Every student has to find their own way to handle the first year and determine what works best for them. For many the most essential change is living away from home. Campus life provides opportunities to become a part of a unique, diversified community. With these opportunities come challenges, such as having a roommate, being away from one’s parents, and determining self-limits.
Having good living conditions can help impact the students studies in college. For a student that chooses to live on campus, they would be assigned a roommate. They have to accommodate to each other, and the new space they are living. This is also giving them the change to meet knew people. Meeting new people can lead to joining study groups, club, and maybe even a soul mate. The support of others can help drive the student to their best abilities If he/she chooses to live off campus they will have the luxury of quietness and as much privacy as he/she chooses. A student would also have plenty of space instead of a condensed
In the period of transition to university, first year students appear to have different challenges. As early studies, health and study issues were identified as two examples of challenge in first university year. According to Douglas et al. (as cited in Richardson, King, Garrett & wWrench, 2012, p.88) “great opportunity for personal growth and learning is overshadowed by the poor health behaviors and negative health outcomes”. This idea is briefly understood that the problems of first year in university seems to be too hard for students to deal and as a consequence, students tend to
This report is about using reflexive photography to gain an understanding on how students feel about the campus environment and campus life. It is to recreate a similar study made at the University College of Fraser Valley (UCFV) which was used to provide recommendations to the university policymakers regarding the planning and development of the institutions academics and physical environment but we completed this in a much shorter period of time. It will be about how we feel about the Penrhyn Road campus.