Difficulties Faced by New Female Students at the University Level and Their Effect on University Life Satisfaction at the Girls Center, King Saud University, Riyadh

The study aimed to identify difficulties faced by female students in Arts and Education Colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh. Further, the study aimed to identify the effect of these difficulties on students' satisfaction with their education. Two instruments were used: a list of difficulties expected to face newcomers and, satisfaction of college education scale. The sample was randomly selected and consisted of 1000 new female students .The sample represents 30 % of all new female students , in these colleges for the first semester of 1998. The results showed that some administrative and academic difficulties were among the most common ones faced by the students . It also showed significant correlation between these difficulties and students· results on the satisfaction scale which only reach 55.2%. This indicates that difficulties, especially at the academic level, significantly affect the level of satisfaction students experienced in their university lif