due to the fact that, as a matter of policy, it selected a number of Scholars from rural backgrounds. Columbia made a similar comment about extra difficulties encountered by rural students on its large urban campus.

Louisville reported that social and emotional adjustment on its campus was made more difficult by the fact that out-of-town Scholars were housed in dormitories, where there was little social activity because most Louisville students live at home. Adjustment at Wisconsin appears to have been made more difficult by the fact that most of the 1951 and 1952 Scholars were not residents of the state and had to be lodged in rooming houses in compliance with a state law which restricts occupancy of dormitories to residents of the state. Fisk reported that the adjustment of its 1951 Scholars was not so good as that of later groups because they were chosen with relative haste and were separated from other students during the first year.

While some colleges and universities commented that the Scholars' youth and early admission may have accentuated their initial adjustment difficulties, they reported that in most cases the difficulties were subsequently overcome. In the few cases of social or emotional maladjustment that did develop, early admission was not considered the determining factor. Chicago expressed itself most strongly on this point. Commenting on the similarity of the Scholars' difficulties to those of regular students, the dean of the college said in his report to the Fund: "I have not seen a single Scholar who had serious psychological problems of whom I felt that they would not have occurred if he had remained at home another year or two."