Freshman - Senior retention rate

chuy
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:21:23 +0000

If you’re not successful then you aren’t putting in the correct amount of effort. That amount of effort is different for every person though. You’ll almost certainly see a few guys that can get better grades than you with far less effort, but what you’re less likely to notice are the people that are putting far more effort in than you are and making similar or worse grades. People that are doing better than you stick out more.

The problem a lot of freshman have is that they coasted through high school, barely ever had to study except maybe for AP classes, and didn’t have the freedom to spend their time any way they liked like they do now, and when things get tough they don’t necessarily notice until it’s too late and they’re looking at a failing grade on half their midterms. Their first reaction is either anger at the professors or saying they must not be smart enough for engineering, so they transfer out. If you already realize that college is going to take a lot more effort and that you may hit bumps in the road that just mean you need to put more time into that class then you’re probably going to be fine.