At some point in your college career, it is likely someone will say to you, “Are you making sure you’re getting the complete college experience?” But what exactly is the college experience? According to an article in Your College Experience: Strategies for Success, the college experience is described as “a place with a major focus on big-time sports, heavy drinking, and partying.” (Gardner, Jewler, and Barefoot, Your College Experience, 2011) Perhaps this is true for some students, but is it entirely
associated with African Americans are perceived to be from non-African Americans, this is not the case. There are many events that led me to my college journey and I ultimately found myself at North Carolina State University. A Predominantly White Institution. Though I was forced to choose this college, it does not mean I love it any less. However, the experiences that I have encountered being an African American at a Predominantly White Institution have been life changing. Growing up in Miami, Florida
Are you going for the ‘’experience’’? Media/peer influence During their highschool years, students often look forward to college. Not necessarily as a step towards a career, but as an experience. Over the years, the media sells teenagers the idea of the ‘’college experience’’. They promote it through movies, tv shows and ads. It’s made out to be this amazing transcendental and essential part of life. Miss out on it, and you’ll have missed out on your youth. It’s not only media though, older relatives
ends, most young people take the track to college. The college experience can be both exciting yet scary. There are so many new adjustments to make and there's a whole lot more responsibility on your shoulders as an adult. However, there's no need to stress out about the process. As you begin your collegiate career, it's best to remember a few key tips to be successful. Implement these tips as soon as you possibly can and they will serve you well in your college years. 1. Maintain an income stream
enrolling in college classes. I first began to take college classes my junior year. I knew it would add plenty of value to my education since I had already proven to be a good high school student, but taking these courses would show that I am a worthy college student too. I wanted a glance at what it is like to be in a college class so I do not feel overwhelmed by it as a freshman in college. I knew the courses would be challenging since I had to perform at a college level and do college-level work
The restaurant is quiet, excluding the older women in the back. When the interview starts it is very quiet and awkward, but once she starts to give more and more information about the process of college and the obstacles she overcame, the interview flows naturally. There are many forms of a college experience, there is not caring, there is learning, and there is having fun. Tracy Zalud, current third grade teacher, had a mixture of all of those during her years of attending Illinois State University
Since high school, going to college and furthering my education has always been at the top of my bucket list of life accomplishments. According to me, it is not just a societal requirement but also an important achievement one which I strongly wanted to exploit. I have always had a mentality that college would be a cakewalk and fun with fair amount of studying and freedom to manage my school schedule whichever way I saw fit. Little did I know that this notion I had about it would turn out to be a
College. What you just read is a pretty scary word to young adults fresh out of high school everywhere. With college comes the responsibility of living on your own and with living on your own comes with doing your own laundry, being responsible for putting food in your mouth, taking care of yourself when you’re sick and bills. Can’t forget those! Those factors that comes with being a freshman in college are pretty terrifying, however, they will be the best years of your life. You find yourself in
For those who attended college will say that their best years of their lives were in college, while others say otherwise. So far, my SU experience has been a blast so far, but with four years still coming ahead, there is a myriad of matters that I want to do before I graduate. As noted by Barack Obama Howard University commencement speech “Change is the effort of committed citizens who hitch their wagons to something bigger than themselves and fight for every day.” (Obama, 6), I will make use of
Entering college and embarking on a new journey, everyone desires to have an ideal experience. This desire is driven by what they see on television and in the movies. In college , everyone wants to get good grades and make friends,but everyone's college experience is not the same. The college experience differs for commuters and students who dorm on campus in the way their relative independence from their families, allocate expenses, and time spent socializing. Students who dorm gain independence