Accepted but need more info

OneMom
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:24:12 +0000

They are working on reducing the high attrition rate by having the First Year Experience program. Many places have attrition rates like that. Many new college students do not know how to study, or are distracted by the change in environment and the removal of support systems such as nagging parents and friends who helped them in high school classes. I also have friends with college age kids who have made them transfer after freshman year due to low grades. Many parents just panic if they see a lot of Cs, and maybe lower, and are paying out a lot of tuition money. In a lot of cases, if they just rode it out, things would improve. I guess it is hard when the money is not easy to come by. But realistically, even many state universities have high attrition. College is over-glamorized, and when it does not live up to expections, many people take time off or transfer.