Variables of Academic Success

Please answer the following questions about yourself.

1. Age: years

2. Gender:  Male Female

3. Year in College:

4. Ethnicity:

5. Residence: On Campus Off Campus

6. Estimated GPA:

7. Who did you live with during high school?
Both Parents
Mother
Father
Relative
Adoptive
Other

8. Do you have any siblings? (biological, adopted, or family members considered siblings)
 Yes No
            8a. If so, how many siblings do you have:

 

"Parents" in the next set of questions refer to your legal guardians when you were in high school.

1. What is your mother's highest level of education?
 Junior High
 High School
 Some College
 Associates Degree
 Bachelors
 Higher

2. What is your father's highest level of education?
 Junior High
 High School
 Some College
 Associates Degree
 Bachelors
 Higher

3. How often do you talk to your parents?
Not Often Very Often

4. How likely are you to seek advice from your parents about life stressors?
Not Likely Very Likely

5. How supportive were your parents of your decision to go to college?
Not Supportive Very Supportive

6. How supportive are your parents of your post- graduation plans (i.e. grad school, career, etc.)?
Not Supportive Very Supportive

7. How supportive are your parents in regard to finances?
Not Supportive Very Supportive

8. How supportive are your parents in regard to emotional support?
Not Supportive Very Supportive
 


"Siblings" in the next set set of questions refer to who you consider your sibling, biological, adoptive, etc.

1. Have you had any siblings attend college?
 None
 Some
 Most
 All
  Not Applicable

2. Have you had any siblings graduate college?
 None
 Some
 Most
 All
  Not Applicable

3. How often do you seek advice from your siblings?
Not Often Not Applicable

4. How supportive were your siblings of your decision to go to college?
Not Supportive Not Applicable

5. How supportive are your siblings of your post-graduation plans (i.e. grad school, career, etc.)?
Not Supportive Not Applicable

6. How supportive are your siblings in regard to emotional support?
Not Supportive Not Applicable
 


"Friends" in the next set of questions refer to your high school friends not college friends.

1. Have you had any friends attend college?
 None
 Some
 Most
 All
  Not Applicable

2. Have you had any friends graduate college?
 None
 Some
 Most
 All
  Not Applicable

3. How often do you seek advice from your friends?
Not Often Very Often

4. How supportive were your friends of your decision to go to college?
Not Supportive Very Supportive

5. How supportive are your friends of your post- graduation plans (i.e. grad school, career, etc.)?
Not Supportive Very Supportive

6. How supportive are your friends in regard to emotional support?
Not Supportive Very Supportive
 


Please answer the next questions to the best of your ability.

1. How much of your financial obligations (i.e. tuition, books, food, living costs, etc.) do your parents pay for?
 0%
 10%
 20%
 30%
 40%
 50%
 60%
 70%
 80%
 90%
  100%

2. How comfortable do you feel asking your parents for money?
Not Comfortable Very Comfortable

3. Are you employed?Yes No

4. If yes, where do you work?
 On Campus
 Off Campus
  Both

5. If yes, how many hours do you work?

6. Approximately how much will you personally have taken out in loans by the end of the current academic year?
 $0 - $5,000
 $5,001 - $10,000
 $10,001 - $20,000
 $20,001 - $30,000
 $30,001+

7. How much money have you received in scholarships and loans (per year)?
 $0 - $5,000
 $5,001 - $10,000
 $10,001 - $20,000
 $20,001 - $30,000
 $30,001+
 


Please identify a point on the continuum that best represents how the statement applies to you.

1. I feel that I fit in well as part of the college environment.
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2. I have been feeling tense or nervous lately.
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3. I am meeting as many people, and making as many friends as I would like at college.
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4. Lately I have been feeling blue and moody a lot.
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5. I am very involved with social activities in college.
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6. I am adjusting well to college.
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7. I have felt tired much of the time lately.
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8. Being on my own, taking responsibility for myself, has not been easy.
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9. I have had informal, personal contacts with college professors.
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10. I am pleased now about my decision to attend this college in particular.
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11. I have several close social ties at college.
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12. I haven't been able to control my emotions very well lately.
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13. Lonesomeness for home is a source of difficulty for me now.
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14. My appetite has been good lately.
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15. I enjoy living in a college dormitory. (Please omit if you do not live in a dormitory; any college housing should be regarded as a dormitory.)
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16. I have been having a lot of headaches lately.
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17. I am satisfied with the extracurricular activities available at college.
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18. I've given a lot of thought lately to whether I should ask for help from the Psychological/Counseling Services Center or from a psychotherapist outside of college.
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19. I am getting along very well with my roommate(s) at college. (Please omit if you do not have a roommate.)
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20. I've put on (or lost) too much weight recently.
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21. I feel that I have enough social skills to get along well in the college setting.
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22. I have been getting angry too easily lately.
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23. I haven't been sleeping very well.
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24. I am having difficulty feeling at ease with other people at college.
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25. Sometimes my thinking gets muddled up too easily.
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26. I am satisfied with the extent to which I am participating in social activities at college.
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27. I haven't been mixing too well with the opposite sex lately.
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28. I worry a lot about my college expenses.
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29. I have been feeling lonely a lot at college lately.
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30. I have been feeling in good health lately.
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31. I feel I am very different from other students at college in ways that I don't like.
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32. On balance, I would rather be home than here.
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33. I have some good friends or acquaintances at college with whom I can talk about any problems I may have.
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34. I am experiencing a lot of difficulty coping with the stresses imposed on me in college.
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35. I am quite satisfied with my social life at college.
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