Abstract
Abstract The scope of high school preparation for college includes many dimensions of student coping behavior. After completing one semenster of college, 272 Harcum Junior College freshmen replied anonymously to a questionnaire. They were asked to identify those areas in which they believed they needed help before entering college to cope more effectively with the real dimensions of college living and study. The questionnaire instrument explored three broad areas: educational information, psychosocial information, and vocational information. Strength of need was indicated by frequency of mention and degree-level of assessed need. Among the 5 strongest needs expressed (of a total of 19), 4 fall into the educational information category: the strongest need was for reading skills; studying for an exam was second; preparing a bibliography was fourth; math skills and concepts was fifth. The third—improving my motivation—is very closely related, for a reasonable inference is that the motivation relates to studying, learning, and matters “educational.” The extent to which the results of the questionnaire may be generalized beyond Harcum is best answered by replication of the questionnaire inquiry among other samples of freshmen.
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