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A
feast of doubts for college freshmen come ThanksgivingIt's
called the "turkey drop" – when first-year college students break up
with their high school sweethearts over the Thanksgiving holiday. But
there's a risk that freshmen might break up with their college, too.
The turkey drop is just one of the precipitating factors. Homesickness,
roommate conflicts, academic pressures, difficulty forming new
friendships – any of them can cause college freshmen to leap to the
conclusion that they've chosen the wrong school and that transferring to
another is the answer.
In most cases, though, students shouldn't let a moment of self-doubt
make them start the college application process all over again.
It can happen no matter how mature or accomplished a student is...
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This year, 'senioritis' may have dire consequences

Senioritis"
— skipping
class,
missing
tests,
attending
parties
instead of
athletic
practice,
and
generally
slacking off
at the end
of the last
year of high
school — is
practically
a rite of
spring. But
this year
there may be
serious
consequences
— including
having
college
acceptance
withdrawn —
for those
who don't
finish with
a strong
academic
record.
In the past,
when students
received the fat
envelope, the
suspense of the
college
application
process was
largely over.
That's not
necessarily so
this year.
Because in the
2009 college
admission season
— with the
largest high
school
graduating
classes in
history, record
numbers of
applications and
dwindling
economic
resources —
colleges simply
don't know how
many students
are going to be
able to accept
their offers.
To cope with
that
uncertainty,
many colleges
are admitting
more students
than in the
past. If they
find they have
over-enrolled
their incoming
class, they may
be more likely
to revoke an
offer of
admission to
those who
haven't
maintained top
grades or fallen
short in some
other way...
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