Hello! And welcome to the very first blog of Succeed At College.  Did you know the average student does not complete a bachelor’s degree (aka “four-year degree”) in four years at the same institution at which they began their degree?  Did you know that barely six out of ten students even complete a bachelor’s degree in six years, but only after transferring institutions (National Center for Education Statistics, 2020)? Where I live, less than 25% of the population even has a bachelor’s degree and that is not unusual (United States Census Bureau, 2023). The local state university has a 41% graduation rate, meaning that barely 4 out of every ten student graduates with a bachelor’s degree in six years…and that is for a degree that is supposed to be completed in four years (National Center for Education Statistics). Almost one out of every four students who start college in the fall do not return to that college for their second year (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2023). Each year, over one million students transfer colleges and unless students are transferring from a two-year, community college to a four-year college, transferring schools can actually lessen the chances of graduating in four years (National Center for Education Statistics).  The purpose of this blog, and my podcast and book and videos is not to scare you, but to make sure you, or your child, does not end up as one of these statistics.