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Are You a Stressed-Out College Overachiever?

Posted on August 28, 2008

For nearly all US college students, summer vacation is nearly over. But for many of them, vacation is a bit of a misnomer. Plenty of college students have spent the past three months as busy as ever: slaving away at competitive internships, for example, or taking summer classes to get ahead academically. For those students without much vacation time to unwind and decompress from their previous academic year, the stress level of the upcoming fall semester might seem daunting. Yes, I was a full-time college student just two short years ago and virtually every semester felt daunt...

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anxiety , sleep , stress