ENGL 101-RDTN Mini-Survey for Essay #2

For USD Students Taking the ENGL 101-RDTN Fall '97 Course

Off-campus (remote) sites: Please read through the list of survey questions for Friday's class. If you can, please respond by e-mail (mrogge@sunflowr.usd.edu) to at least two of the questions listed below. (Or you can fax your response: Fax 1-605-677-6118.) P.S> Try to answer questions that haven't already been answered by others (see below).

Questions Asked by Vermillion Students:

General Questions

1. What would you like to know about the campus?
   • Response from Herreid: Is the campus spread out or compacted together?
   • Response from Philip: Do you have enough time to get from class to class or do you need a bike?
   • Response from Corsica: How is the cafeteria food?
   • Response from Corsica: Do you seem to get lost in all of the people?
   • Response from Henry: I don't know anything about USD. I'd like to know about the buildings and the people.
2. Do you think college will be easier or more fun than high school?
   • Response from Doland: I think that college will be harder than high school, but it will be really fun to be out on my own.
   • Response from Doland: I think that college will be harder than high school yet more fun.
   • Response from Henry: I would think so. No parents would be great, but then you have to be responsible.
   • Response from Philip: In my opinion, college will be much more difficult than high school. This is in part from the experience of being in this class. I also believe, though, that it will be much more fun. This assumption is because I will be away from my family and able to make my own decisions.
   • Response from Philip: I don't expect it to be easier. I expect to work harder, but I hope that it is a lot more fun.
   • Response from Northwestern: College will be more fun and easier than high school.
   • Response from Lemmon: I do not think that college will be easier than high school. After taking this english class, I have found that college will be a lot of work. However, I do think that college life will be more exciting than high school. I will be able to have more freedom, therefore, able to do more!
   • Response from Northwestern: I think that college will be much harder and a lot more fun than high school.
   • Response from Corsica: I think college will be more fun than high school but with harder courses.
3. What do you think will be the biggest change when you start college?
   • Response from Northwestern: The biggest change will be living on my own.
4. Are you concerned about being on your own? How do you feel about it?
   • Response from Doland: Not really. I am excited about getting away from home and being on my own.
   • Response from Doland: No, I think I will like having some freedom and responsibility.
   • Response from Corsica: I am concerned about finances and keeping ahead on homework. I feel excited, yet nervous.
   • Response from Bonesteel-Fairfax: What responsibilities will I have now that I didn't have when living at home?
5. Do you think that leaving home and your family will make you happy? Do you think that you will face homesickness?
   • Response from Doland: It will make me a little sad, but after facing homesickness in the first few weeks, I will be all right.
   • Response from Herreid: Is it easy for students to leave their home and family? Is it common for students to face homesickness?
   • Response from Henry: I would be homesick but get over it after a while.
6. What would you most want to know about before going to college?
7. What is your definition of responsibility?
   • Response from Corsica: Responsibility is to take over all control in your life and maintain financial responsibility.
   • Response from Herreid: How do you find time to get school work done, socialize, and make money?
   • Response from Freeman: Is it difficult to adjust to life on your own?
8. What is the one thing that you would most like to know about college in order to best prepare for your freshman year?
   • Response from Philip: Is the schoolwork a lot harder at college than in high school? Is it hard to leave home and stay away? Is the food bad? Are seniors very mean when you first come in?
   • Response from DeSmet: I would like to know what to get and what not to get...like what books to buy used and new.
   • Response from Northwestern: In college, are the tests easier or harder than in high school? Is college one big expensive party or what?
   • Response from Henry: I'd like to know about the dorms and the teachers.
9. What would you like to know about how college life differs from the life you now lead?
   • Response from Philip: How much harder are the academics, and do you need a computer at college?
   • Response from Herreid: With fewer extra-curricular activities and fewer classes per day, does college life permit more free time than high school?
10. Would you rather read about 1) living on campus or 2) other aspects, like going to school and classes on campus?
    • Response from Doland: I would rather read about living on campus; it would be more exciting.
    • Response from Freeman: Describe the campus. Compare/contrast it with other campuses that may be familiar.
    • Response from Northwestern: I would rather read about living on campus and the things to do there. I can fin out from catalogs about the classes available.
    • Response from Corsica: I would rather read about living on campus.
    • Response from DeSmet: I would rather read about living on campus. What activities can I participate in?
11. What kind of experiences would you like to have in college?
12. Are there things you've been wondering or worrying about while preparing to attend college?
    • Response from Philip: I am worrying about what kind of career to get into and what to major in. I keep continually changing what I want to do for a career. This also keeps me from deciding what college would be best for me to attend.

    Dorm-Related Questions

13. What would you like to know about living in a dorm?
    • Response from Doland: I would like to know much it costs and big are the dorms and where they are located.
    • Response from Herreid: Is it better living in a dorm than living off campus or in an apartment?
    • Response from Herreid: How many years do students have to live in the dorms?
    • Response from Philip: How big are the dorm rooms? Can you fit a lot of stuff in them?
    • Response from Philip: Are there long lines for the bathrooms? Did you fit all your clothes in a room? Do you need your own refrigerator, television, or computer?
    • Response from Philip: I would like to know how much space is available in the dorm rooms and how big the bathrooms are.
    • Response from Corsica: What are the regulations on dorm life? Are there curfews or rules?
    • Response from Corsica: Do you have enough room in those tiny dorms?
    • Response from Corsica: Does living in a dorm require curfews?
14. Have you ever toured the campus of USD (seen the dorms)?
    • Response from Herreid: I have never seen the dorms at USD. Give me some information on the size and space available in them.
    • Response from Northwestern: I have stayed in the dorms overnight before.
    • Response from Herreid: I have never seen the dorms. What can you tell me about the size and space of the dorms at USD? Are they depressing?
    • Response from Northwestern: Yes, I have toured the campus of USD several times. I know basically where everything is and have been in the dorms.
15. What would you most like to know about life on campus (dorm rooms, eating arrangements, roommates)?
    • Response from Northwestern: How big are the dorm rooms?
    • Response from Corsica: Do you like living with someone you don't know?
16. What rumors have you heard, or what biases do you have about living on campus?

    Academics (Studies, Classes)

17. What would you like to know about staying on top of your studies in college?
    • Response from Corsica: How many people actually prepare for class?
    • Response from Herreid: Is it easier or harder to stay on top of your studies in college rather than in high school?
18. What would you like to know about the college classes?
    • Response from Doland: I would like to know if college classes are larger than high school classes and how many classes you have in a day.
    • Response from Freeman: Do you find the professors friendly and helpful?
    • Response from Faith: Are the classes in college a lot harder? Do have a lot more studying than what you did in high school?
    • Response from Philip: How big is your class load freshman year? Are the classes very hard? How often do you have homework and how hard is it?
    • Response from Philip: I would like to know how hard the classes are compared to high school, what the professors are like, and if you can do extra work for extra credit if you are doing poorly in a class.
    • Response from Corsica: Are the classes really as hard as people say they are? Do you spend most of your time studying instead of having fun?
19. Would you like to know how college is different in regard to classes, studying, and what your teacher expects of you?
    • Response from Herreid: How is college different from high school in regards to studying techniques, teachers, and extra curricular activities?
    • Response from Herreid: How is college different from high school in regards to what your professor expects from you?

    Social Activities

20. What would you most like to know about the college social scene?
    • Response from Herreid: How can I be socially interactive and still keep up my studies while attending college?
    • Response from Faith: What kind of activities are there to do when you have free time?
    • Response from Freeman: What is the girl-to-guy ratio at USD?
    • Response from Philip: Does college have a lot of cliques? How do you know where you fit in?
21. Are you interested in what there is to do at college?
    • Response from Lemmon: Yes, I am very interested in what there is to do at college. It would be interesting to read about student life, classes, extracurricular activities, etc.
    • Response from Doland: I would like to know about everyday fun activities that make college life exciting.
    • Response from Herreid: What extra-curricular activities does USD offer?
    • Response from Henry: I would like to have a social life, like joining a club.
22. What are some things that you like to do now?
23. How would you make friends at college?
    • Response from Herreid: Where on campus should a person go to be social?
24. Do you know how you can get involved in student activities?

    Miscellaneous

25. What would you like to know about the eating services and the food in general?
    • Response from Doland: Is the cafeteria food better than in high school? Is there a large selection? Do most people eat the cafeteria or go out?
    • Response from Northwestern: Is the food on campus any good? Is it expensive and is it included in the cost of college or do you pay every day you eat?
    • Response from Henry: I would like to eat good food that doesn't cost a fortune.
    • Response from Corsica: Is there a special place like a cafeteria where everyone eats? How is the food and what is usually offered?
26. What would you like to know about budgeting when going to school?
    • Response from Herreid: Are there various scholarships and financial aid available for incoming students to USD?
    • Response from Herreid: What scholarships are available to incoming students to USD?
    • Response from Corsica: What expenses might a person expect?
27. What would you like to know about collegiate sports and keeping up with academics?
    • Response from Northwestern: What types of classes would you get to take if you are in collegiate sports? Would you be supplied a special tutor or have a special class for when you are unable to attend class?