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Overcoming obstacles
First-year college students face many challenges
as they adjust to their new lives. Usually they can take small obstacles and minor failures in stride, but sometimes their struggles are more serious.
If a problem begins to seem overwhelming, students may feel as if they can’t “do college.” Common problems for new students include:
• Feeling unable to handle the workload
• Health issues
• Financial worries
• Having a job that takes up too much time
• Partying too much
• Homesickness
• Lack of self-confidence (“imposter syndrome”)
