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    Thirty seven college students at DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus were surveyed in reason to find whether a college student that works during the academic year becomes stressed out compared to a college student who doesn’t hold a job. The surveys collected were entered in SPSS to determine my results. I found that students who experienced some form of anxiety had no effect to their grade point average. I could not find any significant difference between college students with jobs compared

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    Anxiety and Student Performance Abstract Test anxiety is a real and measureable problem student’s face regardless of their grade or level of academic achievement. Test anxiety can also adversely affect how students participate in and view the learning process long term. This study was designed to examine the effects of test anxiety on high school students specifically‚ and how the stress associated with the processes or outcomes of standardized testing can negatively impact their performance. There

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    kellen Students Surviving College Everyone wants to be successful in life. One way is going to college many students once they enter college students expect good times‚ knowledge‚ friendships‚ and a new sense of direction. They soon find out that college comes with challenges and struggles because of the great demands and expectations that are put on the importance of education. College students experience a great deal of stress‚ especially when

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    In the article‚ “college pressure” by William Zinsser‚ he convinced his theory about college pressures is about the main major pressures that measure our success in the future. Zinsser notes that college hyper-pressured as rat race leads them to financial security future which had expected for many generations of students. His sympathy to the student has trying to convince students that failure isn’t the end of the world. He is trying to tell us that this failure will give us strength to success

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    Tin Nguyen 10/02/14 The Stress in College Students Having stress in life cannot be avoided. It is common to be stressed out if you are a college student. Why is college stressful? College has become much harder and more expensive for students. Also they have to face with so many things of their piece of life‚ therefore they are stressed out. For example‚ work beside school‚ choosing a right major for your future‚ and doing well on tests and projects is enough to make anybody feel overwhelmed

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    mechanism to keep us from putting ourselves in danger‚ from causing ourselves pain. And I am sure after you have graduated highschool‚ you are hesitant‚ nervous‚ or you have so many thoughts about the idea of becoming a college student that might fear you. Being nervous about starting college is probably the most normal thing you can do. Though you are excited you can’t ignore the fact that still‚ you have fears about so many things. The idea that you will enter into your room and you don’t know anyone

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    College Student Comparison

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    Comparison to the Average College Student Data First and foremost‚ I was very interested in how many similarities and differences that there was between myself and the average college student. I found the similarities interesting because I do not feel that I spend my time evenly in each area‚ like I assumed the average college student did. I was most proud of myself in the sleeping category‚ seeing that I get‚ on average‚ 0.6 hours more sleep than the average college student. I think that my strict

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    the ‘Typical’ College Student” by Tressie McMillan Cottom. A writer for Slate and PhD candidate in sociology at Emory College. Tressie argues that higher education reforms should reflect nontraditional students more because they are older with more responsibilities and obligations. The article is discussing Obama’s affordability plan and how it is not beneficial to most students attending college. A nontraditional college student is typically a student who is older and attending college years after

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    College students facing academic‚ social‚ and other stresses such as finances and how to cope with them. The most common stress most college students face is the stress from the work load that is common in a higher education system. This is the major challenge‚ and you will be facing without the close guidance you may have previously enjoyed from a teacher or parent; Social stress seems to be more prominent with underclassmen leaving home and there support structure from home but can affect any college

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    My Freshmen Year

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    My Freshmen Year Rebekah Nathan is an anthropologist teacher at a University‚ as a professor she wonders how college students are so lazy in class and so unmotivated to learn. Being the anthropologist first she decides to go back to school as a freshman in 2002 and give her perspective as professor being a new student. She starts using the acronym AnyU to mean the university she is attending to hide its real identity and the people she describes in the book. My Freshmen Year shows the road the

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