College expectation essay

I expect for myself to learn and be independent after I’ve adapted to college life, and also to be able to do things on my own in the absence of my parents. My second expectation would be that college will help me open doors to new opportunities and to ensure a security of a better future for myself.

College expectation is a very broad topic so my goal is to break it down even further and give the aspect of expectations when it comes to academics and its outcomes on students. Before getting to the interesting stuff we must make sure we are all on the same page on what the word expectation really is.

Another outcome of college expectation is depression. Depression has been on a rise when it comes to college students. It is said that “One out of every five young people and one out of every four college students or adults suffer from some form of diagnosable mental illness” (Therese J. Borchard, Statistics About College Depression).

Tashina Linder Cape Fear Community College Abstract This paper provides an overview of the effects of expectations on student achievement. It begins with a brief introduction covering Jacobson and Rosenthal’s Pygmalion Effect. Then, it introduces expectations from three sources – teachers, parents, and students.