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Providencecollege
College/UniversityVisited:
ProvidenceCollege
CampusLocation:ProvidenceRhodeIsland
Withwhomdidyouattendthisevent?SaturdayAcademy
CollegeVisitReflection
1.Whatarethreethingsthatstoodouttoyouonyourvisit?
Wesawadorm.
Howcreepythemascotwas.
Theymentionedthatthechurchesorganmadethecoveroforganmonthly3time.
2.Whatisonenewthingyoulearnedaboutthisparticularcollege/universityorlifebeyondhighschoolingeneral,that
youdidnotknowbefore?
ProvidencecollegeisanSAToptionalschool.IthoughtthatyoualwayshadtosubmitSATscorestocolleges,sothis
surprisedme.Whenatthevisittheystressedthefactthethereisn'tanythingdifferentintheapplicationifyoudon'tsubmit
thescores.
3.Whatdidyou
not
dothatyouwishyoucouldhavewhileonthiscampus?
Iwishwecouldofsatinonpartofaclasssowecouldseewhatitislike.Ifeellikethemdescribingwhataclassislike
doesn'thelpyouunderstandwhatitwouldbeliketoexperienceit.AlsoIwishweateinthecafeteria.Onothercampuses
Iwaskindofabletoseewhatthestudentenvironmentwaslikewhilebeinginthecafeteria,sincewedidn'teatinthe
cafeteriaIdidn'tgettoseethat.
4.Reflectingonthisvisit,whatisonequestionyoudidn'taskbutwillaskonafuturevisittoadifferent
college/university?
Whatistheprocesslikeifyouwanttoswitchmajors?
5.Afterseeingwhatthiscollege/universityhastooffer,doyouthinkyouwouldbehappyhere?Whyorwhynot?
Imostlikelywouldn'tbehappyatPC.I'musetogoingtoschoolsthathavediversityamongthestudentsbutatPCthere
didn'tseemtobemuchdiversity.Alsotheydidn'tmentionanythingaboutamarinebiologymajorwhenIaskedaboutthe
biologyfieldstheyhave.
OVERALLIMPRESSIONS
6.Howdidyoutrulyfeelaboutthiscampus?Whatdidyoulikethemost?Theleast?
Myfeelingstowardsthecollegeareneutral,Ididn'tlikeordisliketheschool.Myfavoritepartabouttheschool
isthattheyhavesomethingthatislikeaservicelearningproject/studyingabroadprogram.Myleastfavorite
thingwashowbuiltinreligiontheyweresimplybecauseofthefactI'mnotareligiousperson.
7.Whatseemeddifferentorspecialaboutthisschooltoyou?
IfeellikesomethingspecialaboutthiscollegeishowmuchtheRhodeIslandcommunitysupportsthesports
teams.WehavemanycollegesinRhodeIslandandtheonlycollegeteamIeverhearaboutistheFriars.