Comments on "The average college student today"

We have an anonymous forum where we can ask questions and get anonymous answers as well. I'm very intrigued to ask my lecturers what they think of us.

Now, I am not from the US, so this sort of pressure doesn't apply as much to me, but I wouldn't be surprised if the this sword of damocles that is student debt hovering above students heads influenced students behaviours.

If failing a year meant raking up 30k USD in debt, then yes, I would cheat my way through university too. Because now the risk associated with failing are just too high. One failed calculus class could cascade into a failed year, or a full drop-out, which could translate into possibly decades of poverty, if not much worse.