It’s a major life milestone, the first time many

U.S. teens have ever been on their own. Even in

normal times, freshman year in college can be

a jumbled mix of anticipation, uncertainty and

emotional highs and lows.

In these hardly normal times, when the

quintessential college experience exists only in

catalogs, freshmen are being challenged like

never before.

Amid pandemic restrictions aimed at keeping

students safe and healthy, colleges are scrambling

to help them adjust. But many are struggling.

STRESSED

FRESHMEN

MISSING

QUINTESSENTIAL

COLLEGE

EXPERIENCE