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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is a first year at a top 20 school.  His experience so far has been mixed.  I am struck by how many of his high school peers are having likewise mixed experiences so far.  They are doing well academically but are hit with feelings of ennui. This cohort has been through so much — high school sophomore year interrupted mid-year, a Covid induced discontinuous high school junior year and crazy college application process high school senior year.  These kids are so confused now in their first year of college.  The sense I get is that these kids just lost a big chunk of their childhood, as the formative high school years were kind of ripped away from them. [b] Talk of transferring, pausing education and going on cross country camping trips abound.[/b]  Anyone seeing this / feeling this from this cohort of kids?  I struggle to offer words of encouragement, namely that it will all sort itself out.[/quote]

Yep. My kid is mixed. He and his friends also expressed a lot of unconventional dreams/ideas over the Thanksgiving break. It is not that he doesn't like college, but some things have taken him by surprise. He went states away to a totally new environment so some of it is culture shock. He just changed his major starting next semester so that has helped. He was not inspired by his current one. I think this is somewhat normal for freshmen. He did say that everyone is struggling in math and thinks that could be covid-related. He has arranged roommates and housing for next year this week so at least the talk of transferring has died down. There is definitely some ennui. [/quote]

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