Interview a Senior

One of the seniors I interviewed was Ginger.  Ginger is in my Mexican American Class.  She mentioned that college was basically the opposite of what she thought it would be like.  She said that before coming into college she thought that college was all about partying and meeting crazy people.  Moreover, she thought that college was going to be harder than high school.  She was surprised to find out that college was easier for her than high school.  She said that college has made her mature in many ways thanks to the people she has met.  Ginger came into SJSU with an undeclared major.  After a while she decided to go into Criminal Justice and this has never change.  She mentioned that she wish she paid more attention to her classes instead of living the fun college experience.  She leaned that focusing, going to class, and putting in the effort will take you farther.  She would advise the freshman to stay focus and to not listen to their peers.

The second senior I interviewed was Jose.  Jose is also in my Mexican American Studies class.  He said that college was just how he thought it would be.  He said he always thought college was not the time to make the wrong decisions, so he stayed focus at all times.  His major did not change.  He said he always knew what he wanted since the beginning.  He mentioned that something different he would do would be to take classes over the summer.  This way he would have taken less years to graduate.  He would advise the freshman to stay focus and to take classes over the summer.  He also wants to tell the freshman to party after they are done with their school work and to study for their exams.