13 Chin-Strokingly Fascinating Scientific Insights About The College Experience

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13 Chin-Strokingly Fascinating Scientific Insights About The College Experience

College – if there’s anything we’ve learned from watching the dozens and dozens of movies set on campuses and during the senior year of high school, it’s where dreams come true and the party never ends. Well, that’s not exactly true. Apparently, a lot of college students basically feel like they don’t belong there -- so, if you ever had similar suspicions, rest assured you were far from alone. Going to college is a bit over romanticized, and the realities of it tend to clash with the portrayals of it. One of those realities is that it’s not for everyone. It can be a demanding and rewarding time, or it can be a few years of just, well, not a good time. And without getting into the demographics of who gets the chance to go and who is more likely to succeed, the actual work one does can and does break people who aren’t up to it. With that jovial thought said, let’s get into the list!

College textbooks got over ten times more expensive from 1977 to 2015. The exact percentage is 1,041% - three times the rate of inflation. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: NBC

A good ACT score doesn't mean a whole lot for your odds of graduating from L college. Your high school GPA matters five times more than your ACT score for predicting those odds. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: Aera

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