Attending a four year residential college is a transition. You’re moving towards self sufficiency but you aren’t there yet. You will have begun to take on some of the rights/responsibilities of adulthood but for others you will have to wait. You will be held accountable as an adult for most crimes and will be freer to make your own decisions. Some freshmen will be closer to adulthood than others. They will be the ones who can function without as much assistance from other adults. Can you feed yourself, manage money, do laundry, manage transportation, schedule, negotiate, set appointments and be held accountable. These are just some of the skills necessary to be independent and move onto adulthood once you are out of college and employes. Others will function much more as adolescents. They will require adults to assist them in many of the functions an adult would do independently. To summarize adulthood is not an age or a graduation it is a transition to being independent.