College and University Blog
The Importance of Setting Goals
12% of college students expect to change their major at some point, a full 65-85% actually do. 8% of undergrads expect to spend more than 4 years to complete their degrees, whereas 60% end up taking more time. 2% expect to fail a course; 16% actually do. Only 1% of students expect to drop out. A full 40% actually do. Students’ expectations may be far from what actually ends up happening during their college career.
Do not sit back and expect your life to work out. The responsibility for your education rests ultimately with you. In order to make things turn out the way you want them to, you need a plan.
We all have vague, idealized notions of what we want out of life. We say things like,