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College admission counselors describe how students worry about in-person learning, academic quality, housing, missed events, and future career prospects. 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Added to that, they are looking ahead to an uncertain future in college and perhaps even long-term in the world beyond that.  \n“The version of high school and college that’s been guaranteed for many generations is now contingent on an ambiguous and uncertain return to the way things were,” said Jaime Meline, associate director of college counseling at the Marin Academy (CA), a private college preparatory high school in San Rafael.“There are so many unknowns and it creates a lot of anxiety,” said Christine Loo, director of college counseling at the Stony Brook School (NY) .  \n“That’s what anxiety really is—a fear of what we don’t know and can’t control. And these students certainly have faced that.”  \nA survey released in late July by Junior Achievement (JA) indicated that among students from 13–17 years of age, two-thirds were worried about attending school in-person this fall, with nearly 40 percent having said they were “extremely concerned” or “very concerned.” About 70 percent said their parents are worried.  \nAbout one quarter of the young people responding said they were concerned “that their dreams won’t come true,” and a similar number felt they might not be able to have job or career that will pay enough. In a separate survey in May, JA found one-third of students planning to attend college said they are less excited, with the biggest concerns being the academic quality (58 percent), dorm life (53 percent), missing school events (44 percent), and dining halls (40 percent) .  \n\n| SELF-CARE\u003Cbr>Like others who have critical roles providing service to frustrated, confused, and frightened people during the pandemic, counselors who work with students and their families have remained on the job, often in difficult circumstances with new challenges affecting their own emotional well-being.\u003Cbr>Many report that they’ve had to be aware of the toll the job takes on their own mental health—and find they can’t serve their students well if they don’t separate their work from their own lives.\u003Cbr>“I tell my friends who work in other industries that my job is coronavirus,” said Breanne Boyle, master counselor at the college consulting firm Collegewise and president-elect of the Western Association for College Admission Counseling. “I can’t get away from it. Everything I do every single day now is related to how coronavirus is affecting education as a whole and the families I work with.”\u003Cbr>She said she knows the coronavirus crisis is even more dramatically impacting colleagues at colleges and high schools.\u003Cbr>“We need to be easy on ourselves,” she suggested.“This is an industry of warriors. We fight for students and advocate for what is best for them, and it’s been exacerbated by this pandemic. It’s okay to take a day off—even a week. Take time for yourself. You aren’t helping your students if you are fried every day.”\u003Cbr>She said she limits her intake of news and pulls away from work in the evening and on weekends. “It also means keeping my families informed, but only once or twice a month. I am not helping them process all of this, especially if they are inundated with information and can’t keep up,”Boyle continued.“We should project the calm we’d like them to exhibit.”\u003Cbr>She said she follows recommended guidelines for personal health, including getting outside to exercise safely, and sleeping and eating well.“Practicing self-care is cliché for a reason—we n","cbCaicQhzrQ95bV3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicQhzrQ95bV3","pdf",7512447,"English","# Student uncertainty and anxiety\n## Survey findings on concerns\n# Counselors’ self-care and boundaries\n## Managing emotional well-being\n## Signs that may require professional help","[{\"question\":\"Why are many students feeling anxious about college during the pandemic?\",\"answer\":\"Students face uncertainty about returning to normal routines and about what college will be like, including in-person learning, academics, and everyday aspects like dorm life and events.\"},{\"question\":\"What concerns do students cite most strongly about attending college?\",\"answer\":\"Major concerns include academic quality, dorm life, missing school events, and dining halls, along with worries that dreams may not come true and that future careers may not pay enough.\"},{\"question\":\"How do college counselors recommend coping with the emotional toll of the job?\",\"answer\":\"They recommend self-care, limiting news intake, taking time off, exercising safely, sleeping and eating well, setting boundaries between work and personal life, and maintaining supportive social connections.\"}]","Amplified An Jim Paterson nxiOtVID-19yis taking a mental toll on students | PDF",1792033390,13]