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College Dorm Living
By John Dow
College dorm living is one of the biggest changes a new college student will face. First, many dorms
are at least two people to a room. Next, there are shared resources like bathrooms, common areas for
eating or studying, and there is usually nowhere to get any real privacy.
Then there are the few hundred new friends that you need to interact with on a daily basis. Knowing
how to play in that big of a sandbox can be a bit overwhelming. Add that many dorms are coed; it
brings new issues to the table. For many new college students this is their first experience with being
away from home and loosing the support of their family and friends.
This may be the first time many new college students make all their own daily decisions like when,
where, how to eat; sleep; even get up in the morning. Not to mention fitting some class and study time
in each day. That’s a lot of changes and self-discipline to absorb in the first few weeks of college life.
The social aspects, the peer pressure, the grades pressure, and being on your own is a new
experience. And the temptations of every kind can be alluring. Some may adapt quickly, some may
need a little real world example to demonstrate the obvious (well, obvious once you’ve been through
it).
What can you do to help? That’s a tough question since every new student is different. My mother and
father handled it very differently. My father looked me in the eye and said that my grades will reflect my
judgment. I had to thing about that one for a whil