Mathematics senior
âI mostly took advanced courses and those courses pretty much gave me an idea of what college should be like. So, more or less, it was just the advanced placement courses that I took in high school. Some of them were dual enrollment. For example, I think it was macroeconomics and also government. I think those were required for the general education core. Once I took care of those, I didnât have to take them in college. ⊠Iâm glad I did that.”
Early Care and Early Childhood Studies junior
âThere was a lot of college classes offered to me in high school. Although I didnât take them, Iâm pretty sure I would have if I knew how much they wouldâve helped me now that Iâm in college. I see people that are now graduating much earlier than I am because of those courses, but either way, they did prepare us and had classes about college, like, what it was like, what you should do and etcetera. I think they did a pretty good job.â
Estudiante de economĂa y finanzas de Ășltimo año
âLa preparatoria me dio los Ăștiles necesarios para poder seguir y organizar mi tiempo. AprendĂ hĂĄbitos de estudio y como organizar en los calendars y planners. MĂĄs que nada, creo que me ayudĂł conocerme para saber quĂ© es lo que querĂa y en donde querĂa llegarâ.
Finance and marketing senior
âHigh school provided me with a college adviser who had a lot of knowledge in the different resources on campus. Not just that, but my high school provided me with a College Awareness 5K, which was a scholarship for students. My high school also provided different resources like budgeting, opening an account, getting our email done, financial aid assistance, and TAFSA help for most of us. They also gave us a tour to different universities. It was super fun to learn about the different colleges and what they had to offer.â
–Compiled by Lesley Robles and Mario Gonzalez
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