Quotes collected by: Veronika Kondratieva
SOURCE: Bianca Gandaria
Identifying info about source: Freshman, from Mission, Texas, Electronic
Media major
Email: brg45@txstate.edu
University has a record
enrollment of 35,568 students this semester. You think university should keep
growing?
“Yeah, I
think so, cuz it’s a small town, but eventually, with university growing,
people will start touring over here and we maybe can bring money in the city that
way it’ll benefit us as college students.”
Being one of the 35,568 students
does it affect your interaction with other students?
“No, I
don’t feel that way. But in the classroom, cuz I’m a freshman, so it’s a different
ball game and I have a class with 300 people and I feel that I can’t have
one-on-one interaction with a teacher. And it’s already known that in college
you have mass classes, but with student population growing I feel we are touch
with professors.”
Do you think this fact affects
your grade?
“I think
it does. I have a girl in my history class, and she is a senior. She feels that
it is just a waste of time for her to be in that class, and she doesn’t want to
be there because she doesn’t have that one-on-one connection with the
professor. And if that’s a senior talking that goes to show how I feel.”
Did you choose Texas State due
to its size?
“One of
my main reasons to come here was family because I have family up here, so it
wasn’t a really dramatic change. I feel home, people are friendly. That is a
plus. Secondly, I came here for my major. But firstly it was definitely for
comfort.”
Do you feel competitive in
classes right now with so many people there? How do you go the extra mile to
make yourself stand out?
“I go to
tutoring. My history class is my biggest class. I don’t have a problem with the
content I just feel that I’m not getting it all because of the professor. He
gets other kids’ opinions rather than what I think and therefore I contradict
myself on what I think he means. So I go with SIS, they’ve helped me out a lot.
That’s how I get back into the classroom. I’m really outspoken, but in that
particular class with so many students I feel like I’m just a number, so I’m
just quiet.”
Does a huge student body affect
your scheduling in terms of getting in and out of classes, navigating through Quad
and building hallways?
“I don’t’
have that problem because I don’t pass through the Quad at all.”
Do you think any school services
are suffering with the big amount of students?
“Scholarship
wise. That’s a big thing. I didn’t get much, only $750, that didn’t help much.
The only reason I’m here is because my father is a veteran, and I have the
Hazelwood Act. That’s how I’m here; otherwise I would have just stayed home.”
Do you have any suggestions for the
university?
“Definitely
more buses! Now, they have the Zipcars, but they are also limited and you have
to pay extra for them. Maybe they should lower the prices because we are
students here.”
Have you noticed a greater
diversity of students? How does that impact you?
“It’s a
big change to where I am from, but I don’t think it’s overwhelming. I think it’s
nice because there are so many different backgrounds.”
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