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Table 22Drinking Behaviors and Personal HealthPercentage of students reporting that they:PercentageHad five or more alcoholic drinks in a row in the past two weeks:Zero times 65.8One or more times 34.2“Occasionally” or “Frequently”:Drank wine/liquor 53.0Drank beer 47.5Smoked cigarettes 17.1“Frequently”:Felt overwhelmed by all you had to do 40.1Felt depressed 11.8Felt lonely or homesick 10.8Since entering this college have you:Sought personal counseling 15.8Plans to Return Next YearThe YFCY asks students whether they plan to return for their sophomore year. The vastmajority of respondents (89.8%) indicated that yes, they did plan to return for the followingacademic term (Fall 2009). The YFCY also asks students if they would choose the same collegeagain if they could make their college choice over again. Almost one-half (43.7%) of all studentsresponded that “definitely yes,” they would choose the same college again. On the negative side,15.6% of respondents indicated that they would either “probably not” or “definitely not" chooseto enroll at their current college (Table 23).21
Table 23Plans to Return Next YearWhat do you think you will be doing in Fall 2009?:PercentageAttending current institution 89.8Attending another institution 5.9Don’t know/have not decided 3.9Not attending any institution 0.4If you could make your college choice over, would you still choose to enroll atyour current (or most recent) college?Definitely yes 43.7Probably yes 34.9Probably not 10.6Definitely not 5.0Not sure yet 5.9A Longitudinal Perspective on the First College YearApproximately one-third of the items on the YFCY post-test items on the FreshmanSurvey (TFS). When students take both the YFCY and TFS, their responses can be linked andthe resulting longitudinal data can be used to assess the extent to which students develop andchange over their first-year. Of the 26,758 first-time, full-time students at 457 four-yearinstitutions who completed and returned the 2009 YFCY, 20,848 students at 448 institutions hadmatching 2008 Freshman Survey data. These students comprise the group for the followinglongitudinal analyses.Expectations Meet RealityTable 24 shows the extent to which students’ experiences during the first-year of collegecorresponded to expectations they had as they began college. In some cases, students’expectations very closely matched the reality they experienced during their freshman year. Forexample, almost every student (98.0%) who thought there was a “very good chance” that he orshe would discuss coursework with other students outside of class did so during his or her firstyear; the same was true for socializing with someone of another race/ethnicity (97.8%) and beingsatisfied with the overall college experience (84.6%). However, it was not only the students who22
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