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Timeline for Transition
Here are some issues your student might face, based on our experience:
Summer before leaving
- Anxiety over preparing to leave
- Efforts to see friends “one last time”
- May be unusually moody
- Impatience, readiness to leave
Leaving home and first few weeks
- Enthusiasm and excitement
- “I’m an adult” testing of limits
- “Bungee” calls or trips back home
- Difficulty making friends/loneliness
Mid semester
- Roommate conflicts
- Professors are so unfair (mid-terms)
- Still dating girlfriend/boyfriend back home
- Making adult decisions, some good, some ….
End of first semester
- Nervous about finals
- Ready to come home, yet not eager to leave friends
- May still be laundry challenged
- Walks in your door a different person
Winter break
- Loves being home, eats everything
- Chafes at old rules
- Gets bored even more easily
- Finds your 10 p.m. bedtime very quaint
Start of second semester
- Cannot get here soon enough
- Anxiety or relief over academic performance
- Begins having doubts about old girlfriend/boyfriend
Mid second semester
- Vaguely remembers boyfriend/girlfriend back home
- Excited or down about spring break
- Thinking about roommates for next year
- More comfortable with school schedule
End of second semester
- Comfortable with social network
- Thinking about major/career choices
- Needs summer job
- Mixed emotions about coming home for summer
Plan Ahead
On-Campus Tuition / Credit Hour
Missouri Resident
Undergraduate: $213.15
Graduate: $276.25
Non-Resident
Undergraduate: $426.30
Graduate: $552.50
Please see our cost calculator for more information.
