Education Review: Surviving freshman year

Erin Sullivan had two weeks until her move from Connecticut to the District for her first year at Catholic University. Like most freshmen, she was jittery about the transition: Would she get along with her roommate and make friends? Could she be as heavily involved as she was in high school? Would she ever decide on a major? Could she handle life in the city after growing up in a suburb?

Then, Sullivan's parents asked her and her two younger brothers to sit down for a family discussion.

"They were like, 'We are getting divorced,' " Sullivan said. "They just told us, and no one wanted to talk from there."

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Kevin Sieff 05 Aug, 2011

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