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Disability Support Services
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone/Voice: 910.521.6695
Fax: 910.521.6891
TTY: 910.521.6490
Email: dss@uncp.edu

Location: D.F. Lowry Building, Room 107
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Common Reactions When Entering College

Most students experience:

• Stress
• Enthusiasm
• Sadness
• Loneliness
• Excitement

Adjustments, Concerns, and Transitions

Most students are:

• Trying to assert independence
• Developing an identity on campus
• Adjusting to living away from home
• Discovering new social and educational
  opportunities
• Concerned over academic success and
  choosing a major
• Trying to understand the fundamentals of
  college
• Dealing with separation from family and
  friends
• Trying to understand the balance between
  socializing and academics
• Establishing new relationships with
  roommates, peers, and parents

Adjustment and Establishing New Relations

Most students need to:

• Be patient and understand adjustment takes
  time
• Give parents time to realize you are becoming
  an adult
• Understand your parents have had similar life
  experiences and must adjust to this situation
• Seek encouragement and support from family
  and friends
• Explore interests, places, and meet new people
• Get involved in academic, social, and/or
  volunteer related activities
• Expect ups and downs as you try to become
  more independent
• Communicate openly and stay connected to
  your parents
• Recognize you must develop a balance
  between academics, recreation, and work
• Know when you need to ask for help

Updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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