understand how itinfluenced their sense of belonging on campus. The data for this study are a collection of semi-structured interviews with eight students spanning chemistry, chemical engineering, andbiochemistry at a large public Mid-Atlantic university. While the dataset contains thirty-twointerviews—one each year for four years across eight participants—the bulk of the discussion ofpre-college experiences occurred in the first- and second-year interviews. As noted above, abetter understanding of how students pre-emptively form their picture of the universityenvironment and how they fit into it would allow for better design and implementation ofsupport and interventions for students who are struggling to adjust. Addressing the challengesthat
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