August/September

• Excitement and testing new-found freedom
• Frequent calls and visits home
• Anxiety about roommates, professors, and classes
• First exams
  

October

• Roommate problems begin to arise
• Students question: Do I fit in here?
• First test grades returned
• Midterm exams
• Love relationships from home remain strong
• Consequences of decision-making experienced
  

November

• Midterm grades returned
• Roommate challenges become more clear
• Many exams and papers due before Thanksgiving Break
• Excitement and/or anxiety regarding going home for Thanksgiving
• First series of campus-wide illness (cold, flu, strep, etc.)
  

December

• Anxiety over preparations for finals
• Excitement and/or anxiety regarding going home for holidays
• Sadness about leaving new friendship and/or love relationships
• Roommate challenges continue

January

• "Fresh Start" mentality with the new term
• Satisfaction and/or disappointment with fall term grades
• Homesickness
• Loneliness for love relationship back home
• Relief being away from home and back at school

February

• Feelings of claustrophobia and depression set in with winter
• Potential increase in alcohol and other substance abuse
• Challenges with love relationship at home
• Valentine's Day brings out loneliness, isolation

March

• Anxiety regarding finding roommates for next year
• Excitement and/or disappointment regarding spring break plans
• Midterm exam stress
• Concern over summer employment
• Concern over winter weight gain

April/May

• Excitement with arrival of spring
• Concern over declaring a major
• End of semester pressure
• Final exam anxiety
• Apprehension about returning home for the summer and realization of how college influences life decisions