For this assignment, you will write a journalistic essay for a general audience that will engage and inform your audience about the transition to college and the issues that come with it. Here are some examples of things that would be good to cover in this paper.

1. There is the stress of making a good adjustment because students believe their future depends upon them doing well. Did they make the right choice? How can they be sure? Should they change courses, direction, major? Putting choices into a longer-term perspective is useful. There are many people on campus that can assist them in making decisions: professors, peers, and College staff.

2. Some students will be homesick, missing their family, friends, and pets. They will miss old routines and structures.

3. Students may be ambivalent about dependence and independence. Some will openly ask for parent support and others won’t tell parents important details. Parents need to ask their adolescent how they are doing without prying too much – while also being accessible and open.

4. The work is hard and some students may experience their first low grades. Most students have done well in high school. Some high school courses are not as demanding as college. A student has to learn a particular professor’s expectations and style of grading.

Hope this gives you a general idea of what is expected in this paper. Additionally, in this essay you will include two academic and/or professional sources