Four Year Pl Prevent Dropping Out

English 104.36 27 September 2012 Four Year Plan: Prevent Dropping Out After a semester or a year more students drop out of college even though 62% of jobs require a college degree. Why do students drop out knowing that there would be no hope for them to find a well-paying job? Many students who drop out of college find it hard to support themselves and their families, and those who drop out of college say they will go back, but never go back. Only 56 percent of students who enter America’s colleges and universities graduate within six years. College students get burnt out once the college work starts to get harsh on them and they find it easy to give up. “Given the variety of obstacles over which a first-year student may stumble, no one can afford to assume that any young person, no matter how academically gifted, is certain to succeed in college” says Raley. The author of “Why We Quit” she gives us personal examples and advice how to prevent dropping out.
Becoming a party animal and staying up late drinking, blowing off classes can hurt you in so many different ways and causing you to drop out of college. “The first eight weeks of school will determine whether the student will be able to adapt having a social life and academic life at the same time” as Tinto states in Raley’s article. This is one out of many reasons why students end up dropping out of college they can’t focus and find it hard to stay up on their academic life. Surrounding yourself with negative people can get you into negative habits. Some incoming freshmen enter college with a mindset that they need to “live it up” in college or get “Turnt up” every weekend and experience the college life. These students don’t realize that they need to set their priorities first before thinking of partying. Becoming the party animal changes so many people. Don’t change for anybody just because it’s cool to drink and