Three current college students share what the transition from high school to college was like for them, as well as the social and emotional challenges they faced when they first started college.
Making the transition from high school to college is a big change for both teens and their parents. So what is it really like navigating college as a new student?
Nettie first applied to local colleges near her home and chose Eastern Illinois University. But after attending school there for two years, she realized the small town — “where you literally know everyone” — wasn’t a good fit for her. So she applied to and was accepted at NYU. “It was the only college I applied to,” she says. “I was living on the edge.”
Wade shares that he called home frequently, especially during his freshman year. With his older brother already away at college, Wade says he was conscious of the fact that his mom, who now had only one teen living at home, was trying to adjust to eventually becoming an empty-nester. After going through the ups and downs of freshman year, the students also shared the advice they would give their younger selves if they could. For Nettie, who found herself overwhelmed and stressed over “all the little things” throughout the beginning of college, she would tell her younger self: “Don’t sweat it.”
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