College Students Drop Out Essay

Every day the average college student wakes up at 8:00am, goes to school, finishes at 3:45pm and heads to work until 11:30pm- to pay off their college debt. After work they come home, cook a packet of Ramen noodles and begin their homework. Once their independent reading, book report, Statistics worksheet, and Honors history research is finished, it is nearly 4:00 in the morning. Falling asleep that morning, they realize that in four hours they will have to do it all over again. No wonder so many students drop out of college. It is simply too much for them. The increase of college costs, working full-time, and the amount of stress from each classes, are causing college students to drop out.

Tuition, books, supplies, and class costs are increasing

There is not one college student who has not experienced stress in at least one of their classes. The constant reminder of failing an assignment or not finishing one is enough to cause stress in anybody. The big issue though is how students overcome this stress. A survey funded by the Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development in Europe was conducted to determine how students are coping with school stress. This survey was performed in the United States and Switzerland. It was discovered that “An estimated 35–50% of college and university students drop out prematurely due to insufficient coping skills under chronic stress, while 85% of students receiving a psychiatric diagnosis withdraw from college/university prior to the completion of their education” (Mohr et al.). College students are finding help to their massive amounts of stress by ending their college career all together. Some students are even developing other mental illnesses from not getting help with their stress like anxiety, depression, and even suicide (Sharma and Tripathi). These students are so unstable that they cannot even function properly because of their stress and what it has caused them. Families are taking their loved ones out of college because the student needs significant help. The amount of stress that a college student experiences is unreal. This stress does not have an exact source but instead multiple sources leading to various consequences like taking a life or developing a mental