"Adjusting To College." Adjusting To College. Villanova, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015.
This article was written by Villanova University. The article discusses the adjustment to college in regards to more personal freedom, increased responsibility, having to time manage, as well as learning to be a different environment away from family and friends. "Adjusting to College." Healthcenterncsuedu. North Carolina State, 20 Oct. 2011. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. Similar to the Villanova article, NC State talks about the various transitions to college and what to expect in your first year. (I chose two similar articles to show how the transitions that are expected are similar from one university to the next). "Central College - Making the Transition." Central College. Central College, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. Central College explains how the transition from high school to college can be very difficult for incoming college freshman. The article talks about the differences between high school and college, and ideas for what might help during the transition. It also takes some of the perspective from current college students about how they manage stress and what the transition was like for them. Duke, Marshall P. "Starting College: A Guide for Parents: 2013." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 29 July 2013. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. Professor Marshall Duke, of Emory University, talks about watching the arrival of incoming freshmen, here at Emory for over forty years, as well as what he wants new students and parents to know about the emotional time. "The First Year College Experience - College Confidential." College Confidential. N.p., 29 Nov. 1999. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. Written by the staff at College Confidential, this article shares what incoming college freshmen should expect as they start their college experience, including heavier work loads, thinking about the future, making new friends, and learning to be independent. |
Johnson, Jenna. "Tips for Surviving Your First Year in College." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2011. Web. 30 Apr. 2015.
Written for the Washington Post, this article mentions multiple tips to help freshmen "survive" their first year at college and have a successful year. Low, Beverly. "Homesick? Take a Deep Breath." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 16 Oct. 2013. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. In this article from the Huffington Post, Low describes the common homesick, feeling experienced by many incoming freshmen. Moustaki, Nikki. 10 Things You Gotta Know about Your First Year of College. New York, NY: SparkNotes, 2005. Print. This book, written by the makers of SparkNotes, gives first year students some advice, and an "inside scoop" about what to expect during their first year at college. Chapter include information about the first night at college, orientation, what to bring, campus and dorm life, health budgeting, and more. Steinberg, Jacques. "Goodbye, Hello." The New York Times. The New York Times, 24 July 2010. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. This New York Times article talks about the freshman transition to college, and what you might leave behind at high school and what you will "say hello" to in college. Steinberg talks about the importance of meeting new people, and branching out from home friends. Terenzini, Patrick T., Christos Theophilides, and Wendell G. Lorang. "Influences on Students' Perceptions of Their Personal Development during the First Three Years of College." JSTOR. Springer, 1984. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. This source talks about a study done to test the personal development of incoming freshmen students based on their pre-set goals and what they found for results. |