Stress is something that people face everyday. College students seem to face problems that have a harsher impact on their lives than others. These students have to face the demands of teachers, parents and peers. Many of these demands can lead to overwhelming stresses. According to William Zinsser, who has taught at Yale University, there are "four pressures working on college students today: economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-induced pressure" (262). The two main stresses that are going to be discussed in this paper are academic pressures and financial pressures. There are many things people can do to alleviate these pressures on their lives that will help them to be better, well rounded, healthier, individuals.
             Academic Standards are one of the many problems that college students have to handle. With many scholarships a student needs to maintain a certain Grade point average to even stay enrolled in classes. Many students can say, with all of the academic pressures such as, staying up late to study or spending hours on writing papers and reports a student may not get the amount of sleep they need to function correctly the following day. Some ways that a student might lessen these burdens on themselves is to have designated studying time, this causes the students to develop a routine. A routine decreases the chance of overloading work. A good start off point is to go converse with your college counselor that will help you schedule your time and guide you to be a successful individual. As you can see, many of these pressures are needless and self-induced. With these pressures being self-induced, students must try to remember
             this quote by William Zinsser, the author of "College Pressures," "Mainly I try to remind them that the road ahead is a long one and that it will have more unexpected turns than they think." (262)
             Another problem with college students is that many ...