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Relax, You’re Not Alone! More College Freshmen Feel Stressed than Ever Before

They’re supposedly having the best time of their lives, but the self-reported emotional health of this year’s crop of college freshmen has dropped to a record low.

Only about half of current freshmen rated their emotional health “above average” or higher, the lowest number since the question was first asked during an annual survey of incoming students 25 years ago.

The American Freshman

Conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA’s Cooperative Institu…