INTERVIEW TOPICS:

1. What did you expect college would be like?
       Fear/ Excitement?
        The Environment?
        Were your expectations met?

2. What was your family's reaction to you going to college?

3. How did high school prepare you for college?
       Were you encouraged? Discouraged?
        Impact of counselors, mentors, teachers, family, friends?
        Did you have a special role model?
        Were you tracked for college? If not, why not?
        Impact of special programs- ETS/ Migrant Ed?

4. How many of your friends from high school went to college? Did that have an impact on you?

5. How do you make it financially in college?
       What kind of Financial Aid? Loans, Scholarships, Grants
        Do you work? How many hours per week? Where?
        Any family financial support?

6. Has your financial situation had an impact on your academic achievement?

7. What other kinds of supports have made a difference for you in college?
        Mentors, role models?
         Advisors, teachers?
         Support Programs (ETS, ASAP, Migrant Ed, EOP)?
         Friends and Family?
         Clubs and organizations?
         Your home community?

8. Tell me a little bit about your personal experience at CSUMB.
       Classes, teachers?
        Your academic achievement?
        Campus life?
        What do you like?
        What do you dislike?

9. What changes would you like to see made?
        Academic programs or courses?
         Academic support changes?
         Changes in Student life?

10. Who do you hang with on campus and why?

11. Do you feel that there are enough other students just like you on campus?
        Race / Ethnicity
         Culture
         Disabilities
         Age
         Sexuality
         Social Class?

12. Have you experienced any difficulty in college because of who you are?
        Race, ethnicity
         Gender