College Transition

The Transition from High School to College A student’s freshman year of college is crucial for their education. Often times students have a difficult time transitioning from high school to college. All universities should provide a transition program for college freshmen. A transition program will facilitate the switch from high school to college. Freshmen students are in great need of a college transition program. A university should establish such program because freshmen students do not know what they are doing. Although this is not true for all students, most first-generation and low-income students do experience a feeling of loss when they first attend college. In my opinion, this is entirely true. I will be the first person in my family to attend college and - even though I am still a junior - I am already experiencing confusion and feeling lost. Even the White House said that students often lack the guidance they need to make it though their first year of college (Jarvis). A transition program would ease all fears a college freshman can experience.
Orientation programs have shown that students improve education wise, are more responsible, and have a better social and cultural understanding of the college they’re attending. Family members would also benefit from such a program because they learn how to support and help a student transition (Hibel). Although a student benefits from the help of a family member, he is capable of achieving his goal by himself. Most college freshmen are eighteen when they enroll, which means they are – legally – adults. Although a transition program is convenient, a student would rely solely on the program to help him or her be successful. Technically speaking, as an adult, the student should succeed on their own and not with the help of others (“New Student