[stjapo46]

Hi =] well I'm doing a survey for school and I was wondering if you guys could help me out. It's about your college life. It might take a while but please take the time, I really need this....it's due tomorrow xD thanks!
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Must at least be in your 2nd year

1. Name (just your first name or your username)
2. What college(s) did/do you attend?
3. How did you pay for school?
A. savings
B. scholarships
C. grants
D. loans
E. work study job - please list job if this applies
4. How/why did you choose this particular college?
5. What is/was your major?
6. How/why did you choose this?
7. Did you live on (or near campus) or at home during college?
8. Comment on the benefits (or drawbacks) of living where you did?
9. Approximately how many students went to your college(s)?
10. Were/are you happy with this size of college or did you wish it was larger (or smaller)? Please comment?
11. Compare high school to college, how much more difficult was college in terms of reading, tests or projects compared to high school?
12. What activities (dances, clubs, sports, etc.) did you do during college to make it more enjoyable?
13. What was your favorite class and what made it your favorite?
14. If you could do college over, what would you do differently (if anything)?
15. What is the most important thing to remember about college?

just quote me and you're done

[DKYang]

I'm in my second year, so I'll help out.


1. Name (just your first name or your username) David

2. What college(s) did/do you attend? University of South Florida

3. How did you pay for school? Selection B and my parents help out also.
A. savings
B. scholarships
C. grants
D. loans
E. work study job - please list job if this applies

4. How/why did you choose this particular college? It's close to my parents(they need me to help out and in return, help me out in college), my little bro is autistic and my parents are already too busy, cost is a lot less living at home than on campus, and the engineering school is good(there are a lot of job offers every semester according to my advisors).

5. What is/was your major? Computer Engineering

6. How/why did you choose this? At first, I didn't want to do pharmacy due to how much I suck in science classes no matter how much I study and since I like working with computers, I would love to try to create softwares/hardware/technology.

7. Did you live on (or near campus) or at home during college? Home

8. Comment on the benefits (or drawbacks) of living where you did? Saves a lot of money. The bad thing is the traffic on the way to school when I drive, but that all depends what time, so far it's good this semester.

9. Approximately how many students went to your college(s)? About 43,000-46,000, forgot exactly how much. It's the 9th largest school in the nation(according to ESPN anyways during the USF game).

10. Were/are you happy with this size of college or did you wish it was larger (or smaller)? Please comment? To be honest, I wish my school didn't accept so many damn freshmens this year. They were building a new parking garage during this semester and closed down a huge parking lot next to it. They should have done this last year. Now, there are a lot of freshmens and parking is damn horrible as of now.

11. Compare high school to college, how much more difficult was college in terms of reading, tests or projects compared to high school? College if so much more difficult than high school. I barely did anything in high school, just have to study the day before or on the test day. While in college, procrastination can kill you.

12. What activities (dances, clubs, sports, etc.) did you do during college to make it more enjoyable? No clubs as of now.

13. What was your favorite class and what made it your favorite? So far, Survey of Jazz. It was an online class and sooooooo easy. Plus, I learned more about jazz than I ever knew. It was interesting.

14. If you could do college over, what would you do differently (if anything)? Being more serious during freshman year.

15. What is the most important thing to remember about college? Friends, also, everything you learned about your degree.

[Piscesgrl389]

1. Name (just your first name or your username) Jean

2. What college(s) did/do you attend? Montclair State University

3. How did you pay for school? 1/2 is loan 1/2 im paying
A. savings
B. scholarships
C. grants
D. loans
E. work study job - please list job if this applies

4. How/why did you choose this particular college? - Because the tuition is only 9 grand a year compared to the private college i transfered from which was 25 grand a year even with my scholarship it was alot

5. What is/was your major? Biology

6. How/why did you choose this? I always wanted to be an obstetrician growing up or be a math teacher in a HS (preferably algebra 1 and 2), but anything higher than pre-cal is killer for me x.X and i was always better in science than math in HS

7. Did you live on (or near campus) or at home during college? Home

8. Comment on the benefits (or drawbacks) of living where you did? Less money is the benefits .. drawbacks i live near NYC so it crazy during rush hour it would only take me 15 mins if i parkway but i avoid parkways in the mornings and take local which takes 30 minutes

9. Approximately how many students went to your college(s)? Rough estimate 16-20 thousand .-. maybe?

10. Were/are you happy with this size of college or did you wish it was larger (or smaller)? Please comment? i miss the smaller classes that private colleges offered but i cant complain with montclair cause comapred to other state colleges it isnt that bad my friend who goes to rutgers had 100+ students in her lectures my biggest is chem which was 70 in the begining but now probably 40 students left lol

11. Compare high school to college, how much more difficult was college in terms of reading, tests or projects compared to high school? SOOO much harder than HS you can be done with a chapter in 1 lecture and have a 5-8 chapter test every other week or worse you only have 2 test midterm and final and if you bomb one your screwed. In HS you just have probably a 2 chapter test every 3 weeks and the chapters are probably 20 pages? lol larger font more pics? hahaha jkjk but you def. have to read if they tell you to read the chapters and procrastination is your worse enemy

12. What activities (dances, clubs, sports, etc.) did you do during college to make it more enjoyable? None for now im new to the school so im still getting use to things in my old college i was part of the Medical club HAHAHAH

13. What was your favorite class and what made it your favorite? my fav. "class" was biology lab hahahah lecture was a drag but the lab was fun all the dissecting and experiments very enjoyable

14. If you could do college over, what would you do differently (if anything)? Not trasnfer my sophomore year .-. lol

15. What is the most important thing to remember about college? time management, to set aside time for everything. set aside time to study, do hw and read, and time to hang out and party


hope this helps =D

[peelie]

Well...I'm not actually a second year, but because I took two summer classes (plus my fall hours) I have enough credit to be considered a second year. So..I guess I'll help out...if u can't use it, then take it as an extra bump for ur thread

1. Name (just your first name or your username) Erika

2. What college(s) did/do you attend? Eastfield Community College and Richland Community College

3. How did you pay for school? Scholarships and my mom pay for my schooling

4. How/why did you choose this particular college? I wanted to take my core classes before transferring to university

5. What is/was your major? Nursing

6. How/why did you choose this? I volunteer a lot at my mom's hospital (she's also a nurse) and I just felt that it was what I wanted to do.

7. Did you live on (or near campus) or at home during college? I live at home cuz its VERY close to my school

8. Comment on the benefits (or drawbacks) of living where you did? Benefit: I don't have to waste money on
living expenses (ie. electricity, water, food). Drawback I'm at home so I don't really fully enjoy the "college life"

9. Approximately how many students went to your college(s)? err..i have no clue. it's a LOT of people.

10. Were/are you happy with this size of college or did you wish it was larger (or smaller)? Please comment? Eastfield is kinda small, so I wish it was larger and updated. I'm happy with the size of Richland though I'm a people person, so I like big schools, but NOT large classes....is dat wierd? O__o

11. Compare high school to college, how much more difficult was college in terms of reading, tests or projects compared to high school? College is obviously harder because you're basically on your own when it comes to studying and passing your classes. BUT, i prefer college to high school because there's no pointless busy work in college.

12. What activities (dances, clubs, sports, etc.) did you do during college to make it more enjoyable? I'm not very active...unfortunately. With my classes and my volunteer work - I have no time =X BUT I do enjoy my classes because *most* of my teachers are pretty awesome.

13. What was your favorite class and what made it your favorite? Surprisingly, it's Biology...my teacher was FAR from being easy, but he made it really interesting; his sincerity towards biology was really refreshing. It was nice to see teachers actually get into the subject other than just teaching it and reciting facts and such.

14. If you could do college over, what would you do differently (if anything)? So far so good...

15. What is the most important thing to remember about college? learning how to manage my time...because there's no busy work in college, its easy to think that you have plenty of "free time", but in college you have no "free time", you just have time to study one subject and when you're done, study another one.

there u goes...hope i didn't make myself sound too much of a dork (cuz I kinda am )

[akira53]

Hi =] well I'm doing a survey for school and I was wondering if you guys could help me out. It's about your college life. It might take a while but please take the time, I really need this....it's due tomorrow xD thanks!
Mod: if this is in the wrong section feel free to move the topic

Must at least be in your 2nd year

1. Name (just your first name or your username) Robin
2. What college(s) did/do you attend? University of Hawaii Manoa
3. How did you pay for school? half with my parents
E. work study job - student interchanger
4. How/why did you choose this particular college? 30 minutes from home
5. What is/was your major? Japanese
6. How/why did you choose this? Business was too hard =/
7. Did you live on (or near campus) or at home during college? On campus for freshman year, commuting sophomore year
8. Comment on the benefits (or drawbacks) of living where you did? on campus was closer to school, could go back to dorm btwn class, traffic is really bad commuting
9. Approximately how many students went to your college(s)? have no clue
10. Were/are you happy with this size of college or did you wish it was larger (or smaller)? Please comment? i don't really care
11. Compare high school to college, how much more difficult was college in terms of reading, tests or projects compared to high school? college was easier, more reading than high school
12. What activities (dances, clubs, sports, etc.) did you do during college to make it more enjoyable? none
13. What was your favorite class and what made it your favorite? My zoology class this semester is really fun, entertaining professor, really easy exams, cool labs
14. If you could do college over, what would you do differently (if anything)? nothing so far
15. What is the most important thing to remember about college? time/money managment

just quote me and you're done

[itrayya]

1. Name (just your first name or your username)
itrayya.

2. What college(s) did/do you attend?
Dominican University of California.

3. How did you pay for school?
A. savings
B. scholarships
C. grants
D. loans

4. How/why did you choose this particular college?
small class size. smaller. away from home. unchartered territory.

5. What is/was your major?
International Studies/ East Asia

6. How/why did you choose this?
loves other languages, cultures, anything international and unique.

7. Did you live on (or near campus) or at home during college?
Dorm.

8. Comment on the benefits (or drawbacks) of living where you did?
too expensive. no kitchen. closer to campus. meet more friends.

9. Approximately how many students went to your college(s)?
about 2,000.

10. Were/are you happy with this size of college or did you wish it was larger (or smaller)? Please comment?
i still feel fine with my decision. i thought it through. i wasn't that childish to make a big wrong mistake.

11. Compare high school to college, how much more difficult was college in terms of reading, tests or projects compared to high school?
more reading. more, about the same expectations. a little bit more flexible but a little more competitive.

12. What activities (dances, clubs, sports, etc.) did you do during college to make it more enjoyable?
business clubs, volunteer, group discussions, socials.

13. What was your favorite class and what made it your favorite?
international relations- i can understand it. i like it more.

14. If you could do college over, what would you do differently (if anything)?
maybe go to a college with my friends, it'll be more funnier, right??
i wouldnt change much. maybe my involvement in college, but other than that... it's a learning process, right?

15. What is the most important thing to remember about college?
im not done yet, but... i remember being proud. my parents were proud.

thank you.
this is fun.
thanks.

[:)tina]

1. Name (just your first name or your username) tina
2. What college(s) did/do you attend? University of St. Thomas (transferring to University of Houston, Spring 2008)
3. How did you pay for school?
A. savings
B. scholarships
C. grants
D. loans
E. work study job - please list job if this applies
4. How/why did you choose this particular college? too lazy to apply to different colleges/this one required the least amount of work for the application
5. What is/was your major? biology
6. How/why did you choose this? trying to get into pharm. school
7. Did you live on (or near campus) or at home during college? home
8. Comment on the benefits (or drawbacks) of living where you did? + save money, - 40 minute drive
9. Approximately how many students went to your college(s)? not that many? it's a private school
10. Were/are you happy with this size of college or did you wish it was larger (or smaller)? Please comment? I'm content with the size; I don't really care
11. Compare high school to college, how much more difficult was college in terms of reading, tests or projects compared to high school? depends on what classes you are taking, like college biology is much more difficult than high school biology
12. What activities (dances, clubs, sports, etc.) did you do during college to make it more enjoyable? VSA (Vietnamese Student Association)
13. What was your favorite class and what made it your favorite? japanese; it's easy
14. If you could do college over, what would you do differently (if anything)? not go to this school
15. What is the most important thing to remember about college? time is the most important thing! make sure you have enough of it

[daxeun]

** OKAY! I have to come back and finish this when class ends.
But I promise I'll come back to finish it!!!!

1. Name (just your first name or your username): Isabel
2. What college(s) did/do you attend?: Penn Staty University: Abington Campus
3. How did you pay for school?: mostly my parents & a little by myself with my working money
4. How/why did you choose this particular college?: it was the cheapest out of all the colleges I got accepted to & my parents made me
5. What is/was your major?: Psychology, Neurology B.S.
6. How/why did you choose this?: Psychology was something I've been interested in since junior year of my high school, so I figured I'd major in it. And the neurology part...just kind of happened. Haha~
7. Did you live on (or near campus) or at home during college?: I live at home
8. Comment on the benefits (or drawbacks) of living where you did?:Pros - free laundry, free food, not having to crave mommy's cooking, not having to be homesick, my own bed/stuff so it's more comforting. Cons - parents nagging at you, having a sibling that I have to drive around EVERYWHERE, the house isn't quiet enough (& I need silence to study), no where in my area is opened late enough for me to just stay there and STUDY...
9. Approximately how many students went to your college(s)?: I think about...3000-4000...?? I'm not 100% sure about that
10. Were/are you happy with this size of college or did you wish it was larger (or smaller)? Please comment?: I like larger schools...no specific reason why, but I like it better than smaller schools.
11. Compare high school to college, how much more difficult was college in terms of reading, tests or projects compared to high school?
12. What activities (dances, clubs, sports, etc.) did you do during college to make it more enjoyable?
13. What was your favorite class and what made it your favorite?
14. If you could do college over, what would you do differently (if anything)?
15. What is the most important thing to remember about college?