‘I thought everyone else deserved to be there and I didn’t’
“The phenomenon in which students who are planning to enroll in college but don’t show up in the fall is known as ‘summer melt.’ The students want to attend, but for them, it seems too challenging and overwhelming. Summer melt can be seen at much higher rates in first-generation, low-income students. It’s our institutional responsibility to help those we have admitted and enrolled navigate this process and set of expectations.”