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College Stress/ Positive: Review

Stress is a common thing affecting college students throughout the world, and it was discussed with the students currently attending Michigan State University. While both interview subjects admitted that they do often experience stress in their day to day lives, they said that it was for the most part a manageable thing. They even continued, when asked, that stress has some real positive effects to their lives. “A little bit of stress is definitely a good thing, without it I think that students tend to get lazy and their grades would probably suffer more,” said Carly Seeterlin , a junior at MSU. Both interviewees said that things such as part-time jobs and exam week can make things more difficult to deal with, however it is do-able.   All and all while everyone’s stress is different depending on each individual, these students at MSU agreed that it’s what you need to deal with in order to work efficiently and to reach your overall end goal
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College Stress/ Negative: Preview

College students today are often finding the need to figure out a career in just a two-year time span, while also adding on a 20-hour work week, extracurriculars to build a resume, 15 credit hours, and having a social life as well—all packed into a seven-day week.  It is inevitable that the human being faces stress in their every day life, however college students allegedly seem to be facing it in larger doses.  When people think of stress, usually negative images come to mind. This can be things such as negative health habits , and an inability to focus and work efficiently.  A survey done at Michigan State University , showed that 67 percent of students faced stress in their life in the last year, and 33 percent of students claimed that it was difficult to focus due to feeling depressed at times.  When looking into what students felt about their own stress in pertaining to this information— MSU students—may just be the perfect group of st
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Freshman Fifteen: Review/ Cause of the 15

The infamous topic of the freshman fifteen was discussed with students who attend Michigan State University . From the information that they provided, they seemed to be very aware of what the freshman fifteen was, and they could understand reasons why students would gain weight in college. Both interviewee’s made mention that the freshman fifteen had not directly impacted them, but things such as not working out as often, and partying—could possibly lead to the reason some students do gain weight. “You know when you’re in high school for the most part a lot of kids are in a lot of sports some play year round, some play two or three,” said Joshua Kovacs , a sophomore at MSU. Kovacs goes on saying that many students halt with their exercise when they move to college leading them to become less fit. Statistics show that students only gain approximately three to six pounds, leading the freshman fifteen to be an over-exaggeration, which both interviewee’s agreed
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