Boarding - Stay or go

Garandman
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:00:05 +0000

It’s totally normal to be worried about exams. It always seems you are the only one going through it, but when you ask around, everyone else is having a rough go as well. Ditto dorm life versus home life.

It sounds like addressing the anxiety might be helpful. Your academic or dorm advisor can probably point you in the right direction.

My daughter was feeling anxious about life at her old school, and also felt concern that she was “The only one” having such struggles. She was VERY surprised to learn from the Athletic Trainer that there were EIGHT other girls on her 20 girl Lacrosse Team going to campus counseling (coaches and others were oblivious). So nearly half the team was getting outside help.

Reach out to a Proctor/RA, dorm parent, academic advisor, Chaplain, teacher, whomever you feel most comfortable with. You are definitely not the first one to feel those concerns.