Why Are Some Gen Z College Students Leaving Campus After 2 Weeks? (Gift Article)

This is dumb. We know that first year attrition has declined; this is just an excuse to get angry at some specific freshmen and their reasons to quit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Quitting college: "Are Gen Z students too unwilling to face discomfort, to the point of missing out on a formative experience? Or are older generations valorizing struggle?" (Personally, I'd like to see a much deeper dive into what's going wrong & why.) Gift 🎁 link. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Of course this publishes right after we dropped off our kid 🙃

This is the little bitch generation that cries “River to the Sea” and wants “punish liberals”? At least we know why they’re such idiots.

Paragraph 6 of this story: Is Gen Z just too soft and weak to handle college??? Paragraph 7: Actually, dropout rates are down www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Home From College, 2 Weeks Later " not gonna force myself to be uncomfortable and unsafe, ’cause randos think I should be,”

A more honest headline, based on the evidence. "College Dropout Rates Continue to Decline, Even as Some Struggle" Why doesn't the NY Times, which constantly platforms higher-ed bashing & skepticism, comprehend that this institution is largely responsible for reproducing its own readership?

What the fuck are we doing here, NYTimes "Though leaving campus early is nothing new — and the rate of college dropouts has declined slightly in recent years — social media has [...] prompted a wider discussion about generational differences" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Home From College, 2 Weeks Later www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

I’m sorry. Two weeks is not enough time to decide if you like college or not. Home From College, 2 Weeks Later www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Home From College, 2 Weeks Later www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

The first two weeks of college are stressful for many first-year students. I wish that mentors would have helped those mentioned in this article to persist. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

So let's just say that I started college a couple of decades ago. I knew more than one person who moved out the first month. Some kids are NOT prepared for the experience. Not a generational thing. You can read this NYT article for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

From an NYT article about students who drop out of college in the first couple of weeks: "Many of the videos, like Fleming’s, focus on the mental health impacts, saying they feel anxious and overwhelmed." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Interesting. 🤔 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Home From College, 2 Weeks Later https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/style/gen-z-college-students-quit.html

So sad to hear about kids giving up on college life in the first couple of weeks. My kids are gonna be the type to never call home and probably not even want to come home for break. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Home From College, 2 Weeks Later www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Not sure everything is a story. It’s ok to go to school at home. Maybe that should have been the choice. But why post it if you don’t like the randos 😆 Home From College, 2 Weeks Later www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

“I’m not gonna force myself to be uncomfortable and unsafe, ’cause randos think I should be. I don’t care about the college experience. I just want my degree.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Home From College, 2 Weeks Later. Dozens of videos on social media feature freshmen moving out early in the first semester. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

The worst kind of trend story: "Data clearly show this is not, in fact, a trend, but we're going to cover it like it is anyway." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Home From College, 2 Weeks Later www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Home From College, 2 Weeks Later Dozens of videos on social media feature freshmen moving out early in the first semester. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Home From College, 2 Weeks Later www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

“My concern is students are not giving themselves enough of a chance to be successful...and that’s where I think that fear-based decision making comes in.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

New York Times with some hard-hitting journalism, breaking the story of That One Guy on everyone’s freshman hall who washed out in a week as if it never happened before he could make a TikTok of it.

“I had never really been to a party, and I really just did not like it at all,” Fleming, 17, said. “I got really fed up with everything.” I feel like an alien towards this generation, not necessarily old. Interestingly different. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/s...