Stress causes problems for many college students during their college career, and many people are still affected years after their academic careers have ended. Stress, according to Merriam Webster, is “A state of mental tension and worry caused by problems in life.” This can sometimes overwhelm a person while in college. The responsibilities of college students are constantly increasing, whether it be academics, social life, sports, work or family. This buildup of stress causes serious health problems, which could potentially end a person's life. Research has shown that there is a gender relationship with the amount of stress a student perceives, as well as contributing to more stress symptoms. There are also ways to deal with stress or at least help reduce it, but schools don't promote these methods enough to help their students. This research review will briefly talk about the history and current research, including the main research topics: gender relationship, stress symptoms, stress due to the college years, and how to deal with stress. History: In the early 1900s people thought college was a place to have fun and also meet your significant other. Significant research has shown that most college kids were under a tremendous amount of stress, and it wasn't just about fun and games. Without this research and the help of others, people would never have known some of the causes of stress among college students and would like to know more about this stress, as well as help set the standard of research being conducted today. In 2006 research was carried out by Nguyen-Michel, Unger, Hamilton and Spruijt-Metz concluded that physical activity has been found to reduce stress, but that "based on beta estimates, physical activity may not produce a very large change in stress" (... middle of paper ... and students are tested in more subtle ways to demonstrate their knowledge. Kreig (2013) conducted a survey of students when they started college and at end of their college career, stated, “students reported similar levels of stress during their freshman and senior years” (Kreig 2013). But short-term stress increased when expectations were not met at the academic. This occurs when college students have numerous important events scheduled or occurring at the same time, stress increases tremendously in college students; this is a temporary form of stress, which will decrease after this event is over. Research by Welle and Graf (2011) suggests that stress is greatest at the beginning of college because the transition represents a major change in the student's life. This stress will decrease as they settle down and adjust to what is expected of them.