Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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WHY , THE CHOICE ? if 'I i , By THOMAS ROBINSON -3 'Ja ' '- If you stopped a group of fresh- Q 'T' - - men and asked them why they A L A f,f??'!'P ,., IJ 5 came to ICBC you would cer- . I . 'ff Ak. . J tainly get various replies. Even if the reasons are the same, people express them differently. What- ever their reasons, the freshmen have arrived. This past summer various high schools in the county replied to a questionnaire which asked that a percentage of graduating seniors give their reasons for enrolling at the junior College. The responses were interesting and unusual. Divided into four possible choices for attending, the catego- ries consisted of academic, finan- cial, social and other. In the academic category, an- swers ranged from, My grades were not good enough to get into a four-year universityf, to -ICBC is known to have a fine scholastic standingf, Another student felt that spending his first two years in a small college would help him to adjust to college life. Although many of the answers did not specifically say why the students were coming to the Jun- ior College of Broward County, many said that their primary rea- son for going to college was to get an education. jane Casey came because she feels it is a way to prepare her for a good job when she graduates, Patricia West came to gain knowledge, and jim Walton just doesn't want to be ignorant, Others were attracted to ICBC because of its outstanding courses and its high rating in the state. Martha Contner was attracted by the nursing program, Susan Brue- ning by the Data Processing pro- gram, and john Teitscheid because of the wide range of preparatory courses. Diana Pace, a receiver of a ICBC Honors Scholarship, stated her reason as, I have learned of the fine academic reputation the junior College of Broward County has and believe it is an excellent school. To be successful in the future, and, To have a profession to fall back onf' were the replies of two students when asked why they are going to college. Linda Farkas wants to build a better foundation before entering a four-year university. jerry Ha- ney is at ICBC because of an in- decision about his major subject: I will attend junior college until I determine what my vocation will be. Danny Lively is a bit skep- tical about college: If I can do college work it's better to find out in a junior college. Those were some of the aca- demic reasons why a number of high school seniors chose ICBC as the school in which to begin their college education. It is surprising to find that not many people put down their rea- sons for attending as social. The most common reply under this category was, All of my friends are going there, or, I know a lot of kids who will be there. A few people, however, gave the reason that it will give them a chance to meet new people. The most frequent answer given under the other heading had to do with living at home. Some stu- dents feel the best thing about junior College is that it saves money for them or for their par- ents. Social reasons undoubtedly enter into remaining at home, but finance plays the most important role. I want to live at home as long as possible , I'd like to stay at home for the first few years , 'Alt is close to present living ac- commodationsf, These are only a few of the rea- sons the students give for wanting to go to a junior college-the jun- ior College of Broward County in particular. Of course there are other incen- tives for attending ICBC. One person was interested in the short- er term of school. Dan johnson became philosophical about it: Since I am undecided about my future, why should I waste money elsewhereiy' Percentagewise, it adds up that 6277 came for academic reasons, 4570 came for financial reasons, and 1270 each for social and miscellaneous reasons. If you added it up and observed that it came to more than 10070, you are right. You must take into consid- eration that many students gave several reasons for being at JCBC. If you don't care for percent- ages, it can be stated another way. In order of their importance to the students of the freshman class, academic is first, financial is sec- ond, and social and miscellaneous reasons are third. No matter what the reason for donning the rat cap, whether it be because of the desire to be- come educated, to associate with old and new friends. or as one person put it, I don't want to leave my mother, they, the fresh- men, are now a part of the stu- dent body of the junior College of Broward County. 15

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