The Causes and Effects of Stress on College Students Academic Director Dr. Jacqueline McCray here at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB ), is very concerned about the major causes and effects of stress on students here at UAPB. It's a fact that college administrators across the country have similar concerns. “Stress is a state of mental or emotional tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. » according to Oxforddictionaries.com. This means that stress can be very dangerous for the student and potentially for everyone around them. For a number of students, stress is the main cause of many of the problems they face, including their emotional and physical well-being. The reasonsThis can affect anyone and it can affect them in different ways. Stress is not always bad for us. Some people feel they work better when they are rushed and stressed. If some of us weren't stressed, we would constantly procrastinate and accomplish little in life. This can be both beneficial and empowering when we need to get things done. Bad stress can force a healthy person to take legal or illegal medications to overcome or remove stress. This is especially true for students who are unorganized and far from their families. There needs to be a right balance of stress that helps us do things we might not want to do. Stress can push us forward as students. We know that too much stress is not good for students and prevents them from having a positive college experience. Sometimes, instead of pushing students to get things done, it pushes them to shut down. This is especially true for students whose parents and family members stepped in to pay for things or did things for them before experiencing the nauseating feeling that stress can cause. These are the students who are often seen as privileged or simply spoiled. They are the ones who feel it the most because the stress is brand new to them. Many of them reported feeling stressed because they are removed from their support system and thrown into a world that expects them to do things that someone else has always done. Stress makes them more responsible or can tear them apart. It's a sad fact that one of the first stressors that comes to mind for most people is academic. Academic stress among students is reaching unprecedented levels around the world. Just preparing for and getting into the university of your choice is nothing but stressful. Additionally, work in high school and college is completely different in terms of the quantity and quality required. Stress can easily arise when learning new ways of doing things. Change itself is a challenge and a stressor for some people. College assignments can put enormous pressure on us, but we still need to do whatever it takes to succeed. The scary fear of failing is factual. Mental health professional and Press and MTVU associate Kirsten Schuder conducted a survey in 2008 that said, “More than half of students (60 percent) said severe stress interfered with their ability to complete homework more than once, and that this statistic reflects an increase from 2008. » When it comes to college, students face stressors in college with classes and tests. We organize tests.