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Why college expectations don't match reality

Everyone says college is the best years of your life but I am depressed and lonely and wondering if there is something fundamentally wrong with me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cultural narratives about what should bring happiness conflict with actual lived experience, creating self-doubt about their capacity for joy.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Higher education and its purpose?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.