Estoy en la universidad, ¿Y ahora qué?: Desde dificultades hasta estrategias de superación

Introduction: The life in college is full of challenges, especially in the daily routine. Aim: This study has as objective to identify the occupational path of occupational therapy students in a Brazilian university since their entrance, the changes in daily life and health noticed by them, as well as the strategies used in their lives to overcome the problems found. Methodology: For this, a field study was made with occupational therapy students, using interviews. The answers has been classified on three categories: occupational path, health and subjects’ extrinsic factors. Results: Main results are related with rough daily life changes, hard weight changes, sleeping difficulties, mental health problems, difficulties on the relationship between students and professors, and leaving leisure activities. Conclusion: The advanced research linked the studies on scientific literature, causing focused life changes, such as strategies to identify critical moments and possibilities to overcome those problems lived, during their lives in university, that interfere students’ occupational path.