Why did you go to college?
Why did you choose the (first) college you attended?
How extensive was your college search? What criteria did you use to choose your list of schools?
How many schools did you apply to?
Were you accepted everywhere you applied?
Of the schools that you were accepted to, did any financial aid or parental pressure influence your decision?
Would you have picked a different school if you did not have to consider finances?
Did you ever have a problem with a class/your workload/or your major that caused you to feel such disappointment in yourself that you questioned your decisions? If so, how did you deal with that disappointment?
Did you learn new lessons about people as a result of socializing in college? If so, did these lessons influence the way you interact with people today?
Based on the lessons you learned about people and the decisions you were making regarding your academics, did you experience a substantial shift in your personality?
Did you ever feel like you had to hide your level of intelligence around friends or family? Had you ever been engaged in conversation with family or friends where it was clear that you had more factual knowledge regarding the topic?
Did you experience a character change? Did you ever have to sit and say to yourself, “I need to stop doing what I’m currently doing and do this?”
Was school hard work? If so, why did you try hard?
Did you feel expectations from family, friends or society to succeed in college?
Did you graduate? If so, what was your motivation to graduate?
Where do your attitudes toward success and how to achieve it come from?
Do you have any commentary on the following…
1) Your school’s level of academic and career support for students who don’t get funding to attend college.
2) Students who are not doing well in college.
3) A college’s responsibilities for helping students get back on track when they’ve fallen off track.
4) People who go to school to get degrees to get money.
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