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Off to College

How to Make Friends in College

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College is About Who You Meet as Much as What You Learn

The biggest reason starting college is such a challenge for some freshmen is that they find themselves outside their comfort zones. The sweet predictability of high school is out the window. Everything you have grown accustomed to in high school has changed. But it's ok to feel out of your comfort zone, in fact it can lead to new horizons and growth. It is a natural emotion that most freshmen in college feel, especially on the first day they step onto campus. Since you can't take all your high school friends to college, making new friends will probably be at the top of your "new life at college" list.

Drug Abuse on College Campuses

New Freedoms Bring New Temptations in College

College offers most freshmen an exciting new life that feels, finally, to be free of parental control. A student's initial interpretation of college living - is that there will be uninhibited freedom to explore and experiment with a number extracurricular activities not found in their old high school. Sometimes this will include a busy lifestyle partaking of parties and drugs. This is the core cause for concern and sleep loss in many parents. If you have a child going away to college, you know what we're talking about. According to the U.S. Department of Education, 35% of the new freshmen population will comprise the bulk of new drug users and potential drug abusers on college campuses.

Alcohol College Students Statistics

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Important Statistics on College Students and Binge Drinking

The majority of the popular state colleges and universities across the nation have at one time or another gained the infamous distinction of being named a "party college". Getting away from home and getting involved in college living often opens the door to many opportunities for college students and binge drinking to mix! It is part of what seems to be expected of young adults within an adult academic setting?

Freshmen starting this fall will be inundated with invitations to party. Party. And party. Freshmen college parties are the right of passage along with academic freedom. Although college freshmen parties are not actually part of what a effects of ignoring the situation has caused most schools to work hard raising awareness for parents and students about what to expect. So, along with the academic programming schools consider dealing with alcohol and partying issues as an intricate part of a college freshmen's social life.

College Campus Safety

How Safe is Your Freshman's College Campus?

One of the widest overlooked factors when deciding what college to apply to is College Campus Safety. It's as if this aspect of college is taken for granted by both parent and prospective freshmen! While it's a know fact every college campus has in-house security and on-duty patrol officers, it's still important to investigate overall campus crime statistics and the prevalence of crime on campus.

Assuming just because there's campus security means there's no campus crime is negligent at best! However, it would behoove parents know that statically overall 100% of college campuses have at least a 1 - 15% crime rate among minor offences such as theft, vandalism and burglary. And 25% of the college campuses have a 2-9% campus crime rate involving college student rape and assault and battery.

Budgeting for school

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College Funds Are Looking Skimpier

The best way to teach anybody anything is as early as possible. That may sound like bad grammar (and from such an excellent writer too; mores the pity), but I actually meant to say it that way. As early as possible is the best way to teach someone a life lesson. Sit them down while they are in the crib and expound on politics, religion and finance. They may not heed what you are saying, but they will like the way you get animated when discussing the current rogue in Washington.

What Do I Need for My Dorm Room?

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Creative Dorm Room Decorating Ideas

Ok, Freshmen! The 60-day countdown has begun! Your letter of acceptance arrived and you know what that means? For most students, once they receive their acceptance letter, they their freshmen week campus tour, and begin their travel planning. Now you are wondering about the rest of that "To Do" list. Most of you will be living in a campus dorm room the first year or semester for sure.

Undoubtedly Mom has brought the subject up and wants to be involved. So this is your big chance help her feel useful. Just smile, shrug, and ask: "What do I need for my dorm room?" She'll be delighted to be consulted. And with less than two months to go! Now is perfect time to start working on absorbing a few of her fantastic interior decorating skills and begin exploring to find some cool dorm room ideas.

Student Survival Guide

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Keep That Liberated Feeling of Empty Nest Bliss

The prospect of a child leaving for college yields a smorgasbord of self-serving parental contemplations. As soon as junior flys the coop mom and dad is probably looking forward to having the house all to themselves! In this case an off to college farewell party is the landmark occasion parents are secretly celebrating. But we can most certainly guarantee those those days of spousal bliss will be short lived, if you don't provide your freshmen with a student survival guide and kit when sending him off to college, otherwise they may be knocking at your door a few months later. Besides, without the right student survival kit how do you propose to keep him or her on campus?

Stress and College Students

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Stress: If You Are Starting College Away From Home, You Can Count On It!

For the freshman college student, especially the one that goes away to college, the amount of stress is, in some cases, staggering. Stress and college students unfortunately go together. But knowing what your college student might be facing could be helpful for both you and yours.

Realize that stress is a natural part of the life of college students and in general a part of growing up. Believing that it can be avoided or ignored is not realistic. . But knowing how college students successfully cope with stress may give you the tools to assist your college student. In many cases though, just offering an ear without judgement or the need to fix things for them is going to be the most helpful thing you can do.

Parenting Your Adult Child

Building a New Relationship

There's no doubt having adult children is a different world entirely! As parents we like to think our job is done or it gets easier once the kids are grown. Contrary to what most parents believe, establishing a parental role after the children are grown is more arduous and quite fragile, if approached incorrectly. In a sense our roles drastically shift from being the sheltering parent with all the control to the parental bystander waiting for our chance to offer advice or help when needed (and sometimes when they don't need it!).

Dorm Room Essentials

What Do I Absolutely Need to Take to College?

Now that summer's in mid-stream and college season is on the horizon, making sure all those last minute details are covered can be quite distressing. And for good reason, too! There's so much to remember to bring and so little room to store everything.

This is quite frustrating for first-year college students that don't know what to expect. If this is the first year of college, beginning freshmen year requires a few survival essentials. Particularly dorm room essentials, necessary for making it smoothly throughoutthe year!