Each of these students arrives at Dupont with the idea that they are of the elite, and that the world is theirs. Many advisors will be able to relate to the various characters in Wolfe’s book: Charlotte Simmons, the small-town mountain girl who has been told all her life that she is the best and brightest amongst her peers, but carries a chip on her shoulder as she compares herself to those who appear to be better off than herself Hoyt Thorpe, the stereotypical fraternity man, assured of his future based on who he is and who he associates with Jojo Johanssen, the student athlete who comes to realize that he can be more than what his coach and peers believe he can, that is, something other than a basketball player.
I Am Charlotte Simmons provides insight to the mindset of the college student.
The demands and pressures we once faced are a distant (and sometimes fond) memory, but to the students we work with, they are often daily and all-consuming. As academic professionals who have been through the undergraduate college process already, we may forget what it means to be a student.
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