How did you experience "senioritis" in college, when compared to high school?

StPaulDad
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:12:47 +0000

Actually senioritis can be handling a lot of pressure really badly. When you’re 17 you’re expected to know what you want to do, be excited to dive into college, etc, and a lot of kids just aren’t ready for that at all. That’s why for some kids you find a lot of Slow the Roll, hang out, and avoid the big decisions and transitions as long as possible. They aren’t savoring as much as avoiding.

I know for me senioritis in college was very real and it was driven by not having a good job lined up, not knowing where I wanted to go, and really not feeling ready to engage with adult life. From the outside it may have looked a lot like kicking back and enjoying the good life but it was anything but. (You should have seen my bar bills.) Eventually I got off the couch, got a job and made my way forward, but not until well after the summer after graduation was over. YMMV.