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Freshman Success Factors: How to Make the Most of Your First Year on Campus
Your first year on campus can be a roller-coaster of ups and downs. Along with the exhilarating highs of crashing raucous college parties, exploring a new social scene, and getting your first real taste of freedom comes the sobering challenges of a soul-crushing academic workload and the sometimes-unpleasant consequences of your new adult responsibilities.
Sadly, for some students, the pressures of freshman year turn out to be too much to bear. According to statistics released by the U.S. Department of Education, nearly one-third of all college freshmen fail at least one class their first year on campus. Even more distressingly, 60% of incoming freshmen fail to graduate within six years. Presumably, many of these students eventually drop out and never complete their degree.
So what can you do to make sure that you don