Many students at Ole Miss rely on financial aid so that they can take classes and eventually graduate. For many students maintaining the required GPA can be a challenge due to outstanding circumstances in their lives. Whether it is problems at home, the pressure of maintaining grades while working part time, or even the lack of maturity to prioritize their academics over their social lives; most students struggle to maintain an acceptable grade point average.
For those students who are forced to work part time during the school year, finding time to excel in school poses a major challenge. The little free time that they are given must be managed efficiently between their social lives and their academic responsibilities. One of these students, Michael Jolly has experienced this struggle quite thoroughly throughout this semester. “From all the hours my boss schedules me at work, I struggle to maintain my GPA because I am left with so few hours to complete the things I need to do as well as do the things that I want to do such as hanging out with my friends,” says sophomore Michael Jolly.
Other students may face problems at home that serve as major distractions in their lives at school. Some students face the challenge of being supported solely by one parent, which causes some difficulties for those parents to afford the high prices of tuition. The pressure laid on the students by the parent supporting their academic career can cause stress, depression, and sometimes a loss of hope when it comes to succeeding in school.
Finally, for students just now coming to college and living on their own as well as students who fail to realize the main reason that they are in Oxford in the first place the lack of maturity can pose a major problem in their studies. Many students spend too much time focusing on their social lives and tend to ignore their studies. “Sometimes I get struck with grief because I know I am ignoring my homework and studies by spending a little too much time at happy hour,” jokingly says Junior Ole Miss student, Paul Pratt.
Students who have been enrolled as well as new comers to the Ole Miss environment are placed in a position of freedom. They are allowed to make their own decisions and plan their own study hours, which can be a major problem. The process of growing up and realizing your goals can take up to a couple years for many students. It is a goal that each student hopes to reach some day, but for many students distractions tend to get the best of them and they wind up placing their academic needs at the bottom of the list.
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