That first year of college has always been tough. But tight economic times have made it even harder.
Pressures to pay for college and choose studies that will produce good jobs have stressed this year's college freshmen at unprecedented levels.
In a new report, college freshmen rated their emotional health at the lowest level in the 25 years of the survey.
The data, published by the University of California at Los Angeles, mirrored observations of some high school and college counselors.
The report charted an uptick in the number of students who said they were "overwhelmed by all I had to do" in their last year of high school, when they juggled extracurricular activities, academics and college admissions.
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