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INTRODUCTORY QUESTIONS: (select one)

When did you first realize that you wanted to go to college?
When did you first decide to go to college?
Why are you in college?
What motivated you to start college?
 

DATA QUESTIONS:

How old are you?
Where are you from?
What is your major?
What is your cultural or ethnic background?
How many siblings do you have?
Where are you in your family's birth order?
Where does your family live?
Do you work?

OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS 

What path did you take after graduating from high school?
What were your other choices?
Did your high school prepare you for college? How?
Did anyone in high school encourage you to go to college?
Did anyone discourage you?
Do you think you were labeled in high school? Academically? Socially? If so, how?
How was being smart viewed in high school?
Did you feel that your teachers (high school) had specific expectations of you? And if so, how did that influence/motivate/ or discourage you in getting to college?
How many of your friends from high school went to college?
 

EXPECTATIONS OF COLLEGE

What were your expectations in attending college?
Have your expectations changed?
What did you imagine college was supposed to teach you?
What do you expect college to do for you now?
What do you feel are your greatest gifts and talents?
How did your college experience differ or meet your expectations?
 

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

How does your family's economic status affect your college experience?
Do you get financial aid? What kind?
How do you make it financially in college?
 

OTHER SUPPORTS

Is there anyone who gives you guidance and emotional support in getting through college? Who?
Is there anyone on campus who gives you this kind of support?
Do you feel you are a role model for the rest of your family and community?
Has your community supported you in your efforts to get a college education?
Did you have role models? Who were they?
How did they inspire you?
How did your family feel about you going to college? > family support
Did you have fears about going to college? > fears, self esteem
Tell me about your mentor experience with ETS? Migrant Ed Program? ProSeminar? In what ways do they guide you?
 

CSUMB

Why did you choose CSUMB?
What was your 1st day at CSUMB like?
Has your academic performance changed since you came here?
Are there dis/advantages of going to CSUMB?
What kind of academic advising did you receive when you first came to CSUMB? How about afterwards?
What has been your most challenging experience at CSUMB?
What has been your most rewarding experience?
Your greatest adventure?
Do you live on campus or off? Why?
Who or what influenced the decision to live on or off campus?

FITTING IN

Do you feel you have a lot in common with other students?
Do you feel you share commonalities with anyone on campus?
Who do you feel most comfortable with at the University?
Describe your peer group/ your group of friends?
How did you meet the friends that you have here on campus?
Do you belong to any clubs or are you involved in any extra-curricular activities?

CULTURE, GENDER, AND RACE ON CAMPUS

Is your peer group on campus of your same ethnic background? Gender? Class?
Do you think this has been dis/advantageous?
Are there racial issues on campus?
Are you affected by them?
Has your language, culture, or gender presented any advantages/barriers for you in college?
Does your family worry about you losing your culture?
What would you say to a student who has difficulty speaking English and whose ambition is to go to college?
Do you think your experience as a fe/male college student differs from that of the opposite gender?
Do you have fears about your safety on campus?
Does this affect your ability to succeed academically?
Have you ever been harrassed on campus?>safety on campus/racism/sexism
 

FUTURE GOALS

Do you have goals after graduation? What are they?
What do you plan to do with your education?
In what ways could you use your college experience to benefit your future?
Would you like to continue your education?
Did you ever consider dropping out of college and why?
Do you have fears about graduating from college? > fears after college?
What are your goals five years from now?
What is your ideal career?
How do you see this University aiding in the attainment of your goals?
Shared Experience:What are the resources that you think are needed on this campus that you have not found?