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College Q&A

College Q&A

This week I had my first day at a clinical site for my secondary education classes. This semester the School of Education requires me to have a total of 80 hours in a classroom. This is broken down between 35 hours for English Methods, 30 hours for two English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and 15 hours for Middle School Methods. I have been placed in Holy Trinity high school where I will be completing all of my English methods hours and some ESL hours.

The first day I was there, my cooperating teacher wanted my students to get to know me so he allowed the day to be dedicated to holding a “press conference” with each class during which the students had the opportunity to ask me questions that they had.  The questions could be about me, my background, Loyola or college in general. I thought that their questions might be interesting for other potential college-goers so I will recap some of the students questions about college here.

Q: Why did you chose Loyola?

A: My decision came down between University of Michigan and Loyola, two starkly different schools. I decided on Loyola because I wanted to experience living in the city and going somewhere where I did not know anyone.

Q: Was the transition from high school to college hard?

A: Yes, in two different ways. I was not mentally prepared for the academics of college and found out very fast that college requires a lot more work than high school does. I also had a hard time the first semester with homesickness. I did not know anyone at Loyola and missed my friends from home. Second semester was much better though and I am so glad that I pushed through the first semester of freshman year.

Q: How many papers do you write?

A: I am an English major so I write more than the average college student, but on average I write a paper or two a week. Usually each class has a handful of 3-5 page papers and one final, longer paper, around 10-15 pages. However, I have less tests than many of my peers.

Q: Do you live on campus?

A: I no longer live on campus. I lived in Loyola’s residence halls my first two years and loved it. Living in Mertz (a freshman residence hall) is where I met all of my current friends and it’s where I learned the ins and outs of college life. I now live in an apartment a few blocks off of campus with four of my best friends. Our street is filled with Loyola students and I never have to walk far to get to a friends apartment .

Q: Is college expensive?

A: Yes it is! All colleges are expensive, but Loyola does a good job of providing scholarships opportunities to students whenever they can. It may be expensive, but in the long-run you will have more money if you attend college than if you don’t.