Whoever it was that said senior year is "supposed to be easy" was lieing. I don't know about the rest of you, but I have never been so stressed out in the past three years of my college career. Not only am I juggling classes, a job, and multiple extra curriculars, but I also must figure out what I want to do after college. This is a daily source of stress. At this rate I will consider myself extremely lucky if I don't have an ulser come graduation day.
According to a UCLA study, when it comes to handling stress college seniors have the most experience, yet freshmen are the most stressed group with 30% reporting they often feel overwhelmed by college expectations. While this makes sense given our three years of experience, I would argue that seniors also have a lot more on their plates in comparison to freshmen. Studies have found that 1 in 5 college seniors say they have considered suicide, this statistic nearly triples the number of freshmen experiencing similar thoughts. Am I the only one that found this statistic absolutely alarming?!
While nearly every university has programs for stress managment, offering counseling and tips for stress reduction, is there something else our society can be doing to stop this growing epedemic? Are the stress levels experienced by college seniors equivilant to those of adults living in the "real world"? How do these stressors compare? Is this generation of over-achieving college seniors simply afraid of failing?
Check out this article about the stress of senior year.
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