Help for when School Sucks

Approximately one in three American college students drops out. That’s a scary statistic, and you’re likely hoping that you won’t become one of those unfortunate ones who end up leaving school before completing your degree.

By now, you’ve been at college/university for a few weeks. Maybe a trip or two back home, maybe not. Whether it’s your first year or your “final” year (hopefully this year will be the year!) sometimes school sucks.

And it’s not always the classes. I’d wager that a large part of the struggles people face at school have nothing to do with academics. Loneliness, depression, uncertainty, lack of direction … these distractions can cast their shadow over any academic success you can hope to achieve. If you feel like you just need someone to talk with about it, but aren’t sure your new friends (or old friends) will really understand, feel free to contact an online mentor to talk about it; it’s free and confidential, and they will reply to you in the next few days.

In the meantime, in the interest of helping you adjust to your new life at school, here are some articles that we hope will be helpful:

FROSH: Freshmen Survival Tips – Here are the top 10 survival tips for frosh; “Survival Advice for Life”

STRESS: 10 Ways to Manage Stress in College – Feeling stressed?!?! Some amount of stress during college will be unavoidable, but here are some ways to manage it better.

LONELINESS: How to Meet People in University: Conquering Loneliness – Tyrone, a Queens University student who says he’s “really shy when it comes to meeting people” explains some ways to conquer loneliness

SUCCESS: Get through Life Without Really Trying – Economics professor Douglas Allen of Simon Fraser University reveals his “secrets of success”

BELIEFS: What do you Believe, and Why? – University is a time to rethink our beliefs and determine if they cohere with reality. Maybe some of your struggles are the result of an inaccurate worldview?

Let us know how your university experience is going so far: Good or bad. What have you found unexpectedly wonderful? Surprisingly terrible? Enlightening? Disappointing? Let us know!

Tags: college, Culture, drop-out, fail, faith, Family, LIFE, school, Self, student, World

One Response to “Help for when School Sucks”

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• Shizniz says:

  October 24, 2010 at 8:08 am

  Thankyou en i jst hp it wil work cz am nt my self en am scared 2 leave sku wit bad marks!