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College Visit Reflection
College Visit Reflection
DateofVisit:April30th
College/UniversityVisited:RogerWilliams
CampusLocation:Bristol,RI
Withwhomdidyouattendthisevent?Spirt
CollegeVisitReflection
1.Whatarethreethingsthatstoodouttoyouonyourvisit?
Thewetlapstoodouttomethemostonthisvisit.Thelaptanksandtankswithfish,algaeandwater,andit
honestlytookmyheart.Thelapwasrunningtestsonhowtomutatethegenesoffish.
RogerWilliamshasanannualcontesthatraisesmoneyforcharity.
Thebussinessdepartmenthasathestockmarketnumbersdisplayed.Thebussinessprograminvestsmoney
intothestockmarket.
2.Whatisonenewthingyoulearnedaboutthisparticularcollege/universityorlifebeyondhighschoolingeneral,
thatyoudidnotknowbefore?
Ilearnedthatmostcollegeshavetransportationavaliabletoyousoyoudontneedacaroncampus.
3.Whatdidyou
not
dothatyouwishyoucouldhavewhileonthiscampus?
IwishIcouldofgottentotalktoastudentwhomajorsinscience.BothofmytourguidewerebussinessmajorssoI
didntgetagoodinsiteintothescience.AlsoIwishIcouldofsawamoretraditionalclass,weonlylookedatthe
labsandtheunquieclassrooms.
4.Reflectingonthisvisit,whatisonequestionyoudidn'taskbutwillaskonafuturevisittoadifferent
college/university?
InthefurtureIwanttoaskhowinvolvedwiththecommunityisthecollege.BLackstonehasstressedcomunity
involvementsomuchthatIwouldfeelweirdiftheschooldidntgetinvolvedwiththecommunity.
5.Afterseeingwhatthiscollege/universityhastooffer,doyouthinkyouwouldbehappyhere?Whyorwhynot?
IseemyselfatRWU,ithasaprogramforwhatI'minterestedinandtheclassesaresmallenoughthatI'dfeel
comfortable.
OVERALLIMPRESSIONS
6.Howdidyoutrulyfeelaboutthiscampus?Whatdidyoulikethemost?Theleast?
Ifeelinlovewiththiscampusandcollege.Theschoolisrightonthewater,theyoffermarinebiologyanditsa
smallerschool.Thelocationoftheschoolisamazingtoitsinamoreruralenvironmentbutstillclosetoplacestogo.
7.Whatseemeddifferentorspecialaboutthisschooltoyou?
Theschoolisliterallyonthewater,sostudymarinebiologyyouwouldn'thavetogofartogetwaterfortesting.