College student survey, if your in college or graduated in the last 5 years Options

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I have a project due at the end of March and I need to take a survey of college students and do a research project to help me prepare for college, so if your in college or graduated within the last 5 years, please fill this quick survey for me? Thanks CB

What is your name:
Graduating year/ Graduated year:
School:
Junior? / State? / Private?:
Major?:
When you first found out that you were accepted, what made you the most anxious about college? Such as Dorm life, cost? etc.

How did your family deal with cost factors of room and board? what did you do to help?

As a college student, what should high school students prepare for? such as nightlife? etc

In your opinion are college professors more lenient or strict when coming to getting your work done?

Being that college students are the leaders in counterculture, what have you done to help out? as in joining a society, club etc?

Has your average GPA dropped significantly from High school or would you say that if you worked hard in high school, you're fine?

Did you take any AP classes in HS? If you did, which ones and have these AP classes helped you with your current Major?

[Gigi]

I go to school in Canada too, soooo...take that into consideration I guess.

What is your name: Gigi
Graduating year/ Graduated year: 2012
School: University of British Columbia (UBC)
Junior? / State? / Private?: Uh. Public.
Major?: Commerce, haven't decided on what exactly yet though.

When you first found out that you were accepted, what made you the most anxious about college? Such as Dorm life, cost? etc.
I was most worried about adjusting to differences academically. I didn't care much in terms of actual lifestyle, financing, etc.

How did your family deal with cost factors of room and board? what did you do to help?
I only pay tuition + books. My parents pay for it all. They don't seem to have a problem with the finances. I don't work, but I did get some scholarships last year that helped alleviate the costs.

As a college student, what should high school students prepare for? such as nightlife? etc
- A lot of learning on your own (i.e. reading the textbook before class, understanding concepts by yourself)
- Responsibility. Teachers don't catch up to you after class and ask you when you're going to hand it this assignment. If you don't hand it in, it's your own problem.
- Being sociable. You're meeting people who are probably going to impact your life in some way, so please don't be shy and talk to people, whether it be your peers, professors, guidance counselors, etc.
- Nightlife? Only do it on the weekend, you're only preparing to f*ck yourself up if you do it on the weekdays because you're not getting enough sleep. You can tell yourself all you want that you can survive with only 3 hours of sleep, but it's going to bite you in the ass.

In your opinion are college professors more lenient or strict when coming to getting your work done?
They don't give a flying f*ck. Like I said, if you do it they don't care because they expect you to do it, if you don't do it they don't care either, because it's your ass on the line, not theirs. So I guess they're lenient in that they don't care, but deadlines are strict.

Being that college students are the leaders in counterculture, what have you done to help out? as in joining a society, club etc?
I have joined no clubs. I don't live on campus (getting to school takes me an hour each way) so I have no desire or motivation to join clubs or other organisations.

Has your average GPA dropped significantly from High school or would you say that if you worked hard in high school, you're fine?
If you look at it in relative terms, I'd say my GPA is around the same. Yes, I would say that if you worked hard and did well in high school, you'll have no problem in college.

Did you take any AP classes in HS? If you did, which ones and have these AP classes helped you with your current Major?
I only took AP Calculus AB and I got a 5. I could have taken the credit for Calculus for my MATH104 (this was a required, core course for first year Commerce students), but I didn't since I knew Math would be a GPA-sky-rocketer for me. Because I didn't take the credit, taking AP Calculus beforehand really helped out with how I did in college. I ended up getting 93% in MATH104 and it helped my core GPA greatly.