During the first year in college or university,many students find themselves unsuitable for a chosen course. Why is this happening? What can be done to prevent this?

Having waved goodbye to their high school study,
students
begin their college life with expectations.
However
, many
students
find themselves in trouble: some
courses
they have chosen defy their anticipation, to which those freshmen are unable to adapt. There are several solutions
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this
. Many factors can account for
this
unsuitability.
Firstly
, under the influence of family members, many
students
chose
courses
which
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their
parent
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thought
promising
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and rewarding, but they themselves had no interest in.
For example
, Tom’s desire to be a painter motivated him to work hard in order to get enrolled in college, which would promise the pursuit of his dream.
However
, when choosing college
courses
, his parents coaxed him to select business-related ones that can groom him for a job in
top
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500 corporations worldwide. But
this
was not what Tom wanted.
Therefore
, it will not be hard to understand why Tom cannot suit himself to his choice.
Secondly
, it is highly possible that
students
are not familiar with aspects of the
courses
,
such
as class size, class types
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whether seminars or lectures, professors’ teaching style, and even what the course is about. All of these factors are likely to give rise to unfitness. Luckily, measures can be taken to tackle
this
problem.
To begin
with, parents should learn to respect children’s preferences
instead
of imposing their own inclinations on young people.
This
would leave space for young people to make their own choices, a big guarantee of the acceptability of
courses
.
Besides
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can orient freshmen by taking actions like recording short videos briefly introducing the syllabus of the course and professors’ teaching
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. Those would definitely make
students
acquainted with their selections beforehand.
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students
are prone to find
courses
that best suit themselves. In conclusion,
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students
will continue to face
this
dilemma unless parents and schools take
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steps.
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