Transition Process Analysis

One of the greatest transition periods in our lives is the transformation from being a high school student to a university student. It is the phase where students have to face difficulties from both academic and personal aspects. This essay is going to inform about the process of the transition and illustrates how can a person become a successful first year undergraduate. Many issues involve in the process and also the solutions to those problems will be explored below. Exchanging to another environment can be very challenging. Two of the most common issues are caused by the diversity of students and student expectation (Briggs and Clark and Hall, 2012a). Different types of students were categorized into groups such as indigenous students,

It is a program that “introduces students to the individual and resources they will need when they are in personal or academic jeopardy-resources that many students overlook or forgot are available to assist with their success in college” (Shupp, 2015, p1). Orientation week is a useful support because it helps reduce the issues where students are unable to cope with the overload of information. Students get to make new friends within the orientation week with less pressure, as most of the people are also new to the university. Ultimately, orientation week acts like the last bridge between the last stages of enrolment and the first stages of retaining and helps prepare students for when the actual term begins. The university of Westminster also provides a support through coordinated institutional strategy through FANS. FANS stand for friends of the arriving new students; they are also known as peer mentors. Glaser et al. (2006) notes that through peer mentoring, first year students can be retained and gain a sense of belonging, and develop their communication and organizational skills (cited in Beltman and Schaeben, 2012, p2). First year students will benefit from FANS as students often find it easier and more comfortable to consult or communicate with people in the similar age that may have also faced the same kind of experiences as they are facing before. Ultimately, the transition process cannot be successful if students are not willing to take actions and corporate with all the support