Students experience stress and anxiety as they enter university and learn to manage a new environment, experience increased academic pressure, and adjust to a healthy university/life balance. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of female undergraduate students who attended the University of Northern British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic. I further seek to highlight the effects of social isolation on female undergraduate health, mental wellbeing, and academic experience. I am referring to the female university participants throughout this paper where the words student and students are presented. The results of the study showed that the participants in the study experienced compounded levels of stress and anxiety by imposing restrictions on social interactions and discovering how to successfully attend university online.
