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4. What Your Son or Daughter Would Like You To Know

What first-year students would like their parents to know:

  • Being a full-time student is like having a full-time job.
  • There are other expenses in addition to tuition.
  • College is not a 9 - 5 job; evening and weekend study is required.
  • Enormous amounts of time are demanded by college course work.
  • Administrative processes take time and may not be completed within a single visit.
  • There is a great amount of social stress that is caused by the transition from high school to college.
  • Students feel a great amount of academic stress in the first year of college.
  • Academic expectations and demands are much greater!

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