Peer pressure on campus rarely looks dramatic. It shows up as spending beyond your means to fit in, skipping classes because "everyone else is", or chasing trends instead of your own goals.
Here are five practices STWU mentors return to again and again: know your non-negotiables, build a circle that shares your values, practise saying no without over-explaining, keep your "why" visible, and find one accountability partner who will ask you the hard questions.
One of our most-discussed session titles — a look at why who you know on campus matters as much as what you know.
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