1. Alison Lin

2.  By Jeffrey R. Young
 Many changes in behavior and attitudes
 Drink More
 Study a Little Harder
 Spend far Less Time on Volunteer Work and
Exercise
 “Your First College Year”

3.  Survey conducted by the Higher
Education Research Institute at the
University of California at Los Angeles
 Nearly 25,000 freshmen at 109 four-year
colleges
 Given in April of 2002 and during first
week on campus, fall 2002
 Adjust well socially to college life
 But struggled academically

4. Hours Socializing w/ Friends
 Freshmen do well in developing close
friendships
>20 Hours
16-20 Hours
84% of freshmen completely or fairly
successful
6-15 Hours
1-5 Hours
0 Hours
0 50 100 150 200

5. Hours Partying
>20 Hours
16-20 Hours
6-15 Hours
1-5 Hours
0 Hours
0 50 100 150 200 250
 The number of freshmen who party more than 6
hours per week rose from 21.4% to 26.5%

7.  Percentage of students who drank
frequently or occasionally rose
 45.8% at the beginning of the year
 58.5% at the end of the year

8. Studying or Doing H.W.
>20 Hours
16-20 Hours
6-15 Hours
1-5 Hours
0 Hours
0 50 100 150 200 250

9.  Students who felt “frequently
overwhelmed”
 29.9% to 37.8%
 97% thought they had some kind of
chance at a B average
 Only 77% did
 47.9% felt fairly successful or completely
successful in getting to know their
professors
 31% felt intimidated

10.  Volunteer work
 From 88.5%
 To 62.9%
 Talking politically
 From 20.5%
 To 13.4%

11. Exercising
>20 Hours
16-20 Hours
6-15 Hours
1-5 Hours
0 Hours
0 50 100 150 200 250
 Exercising or playing a sport 6 hours or more
 From 53% to 34%

12.  Adjusting socially to college life
X Adjusting academically
 Ms. Sax says…
“Student’s self-confidence is declining
academically. The real challenge of the
first year at this point is to help students
adjust academically.”