Academic_Failure

College is an institution or establishment that provides higher levels of education or specialized training, be it vocational, or for a profession. There are many good reasons to stay in school and complete these programs and earn a degree. However, nearly half of all freshmen will drop out of college before obtaining their degree because of all the struggles they will face as being a new college student. Many students will endure the process of enrollment at the beginning of a semester, but soon thereafter fall short of themselves and eventually drop out. We often see high enrollment and low graduation rates. There are a variety of factors that influence a student’s likelihood to dropping out including the devaluation of degrees in the economy; academic preparedness and perhaps, life itself are few of the many reasons for students’ academic failure. A lot of times, students do not realize what lies ahead. Not knowing how to cope with living away from home, challenging academics, learning time management skills, and maintaining finances. For some, these responsibilities are not manageable, simply because they do not take their college education seriously, or do not give enough effort. As the value of the educational degrees deteriorate each year, so do the number of graduates. The idea that the high cost of college debt will turn into high returns is no longer a belief. Where a high school degree once sufficed for entrance into a middle class or occupational field, now a college degree is practically required. A bachelor’s degree is the new high school diploma; a master’s degree is the new BA, and so forth. For example my cousin Jamie graduated the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s in Epidemiology. Her degree wasn’t enough to continue in a valid career so she then took a job bartending in order to sustain not only her everyday means, but also the finances that come along with graduating, such as student loans. Being thousands of dollars in debt with no prospect of getting jobs in desired fields or being underemployed may deter those currently enrolled in school and validate their reasoning for dropping out. Also when given more freedom, entertainment becomes more important to the college students’ minds. One reason why students drop out of college is because they are more focused on having fun instead of getting their assignments done. In most cases, professors do not assign any major exams or papers for the first couple weeks, so they are almost lulled into a false security. Students do not realize that they are in jeopardy of failing, until they are so far behind. Most students panic and start spending all-nighters frantically trying to catch up on the schoolwork they neglected for weeks. As a result, they drop out from all the stress they put themselves in to. Another case could be being academically unprepared. Many students are unsure of how to even go about obtaining a degree or the details of what the institutions are expecting. Most high schools do a poor job preparing teenagers for college either because of the limits the school has on resources. Even though students may have gotten outstanding grades in high school, college can be much more demanding. For some, the readjustment period is rather tough. There is no room for expecting college professors to be as lenient as the teachers in high school, which is something students do not realize until they are already too far behind. College is a whole new ball game, and if students do not their education seriously, they will end up flunking out, which tends to happen to a lot of new college students.