Academic Transition Paper

B. Challenges
i. Transition
Academic Transition
1. Does the transition from school to college have been easy for you?
2. Do you need more information before you make a decision about attending college?
3. Do you felt academically ill-prepared for college due to the poor quality of your secondary schools?
4. Do you have any challenges in deciding which subject to take up in college?
5. Was college more academically challenging than higher secondary school?
6. Do the academic experience in the first year of college very different than what you had expected prior to enrolling?
7. Do you have any difficulty in adjusting to the time-table in college?
8. Have you found it difficult to manage your time in college?
9. Does the change from school to

Did you miss your old friends from schools when entering college?
2. Did you felt disconnected from high school friends upon entering college?
3. Does making new friends in college is a difficult process?
4. Have you made meaningful friendships with other students at your college?
5. Does getting connect in a social group during the first term of college challenging for you?
6. Are you satisfied with your social life in college?
7. Are you involved in any social activities in college?
8. Do you participate in any extra-curricular activities in college?
9. Are you treated differently in social situations because of your rural background?
10. Do you feel isolated when involved in any student activities in college?
11. Do you mix well with classmates of the opposite sex?
12. Do you have some good friends or acquaintances at college with whom you can talk about any problems you may have?
Emotional Transition
1. As a Rural Student do you feel isolated in college?
2. Do you feel a sense of belonging in college?
3. Do you feel lonely in college?
4. Do you have difficulty in feeling at ease with other people at college?
5. Do you often feel hopeless in college? ii. Migration
1. Do you stay away from your

2. iv. Language and communication barriers
Language barriers
1. Does communicating in English is a tough job for you?
2. Hailing from the rural areas, do you have any exposure to the effective use of English?
3. Are you confidence in expressing yourself in English?
4. Do you find it difficult to understand the language used by your teachers in the classroom?
5. Are you comfortable in talking in English to your teachers inside the classroom?
6. Do you use to communicate with your friends in English?
7. Are you confident enough to speak in English with other students in your class?
8. Can you understand what your teacher says in the classroom?
Communication barriers
1. Can you communicate easily with your teachers inside or outside the classroom?
2. Do you hesitate to ask doubts to the teachers concerned inside the classroom?
3. Do you feel comfortable in communicating with your classmates?
4. Do you often participate in group discussions inside the classroom?
5. Are you comfortable in participating in any discussions inside the classroom?
6. Are you comfortable in answering questions raised by the teachers inside the classroom?
7. Do you feel shy or lack confidence in answering even the easiest of questions in the