Who Needs The Beach When Y'all Accept Reynolds

Reynolds pupil Dylan Chaplin - Dylan is serving as a PR Assistant this summertime every bit good every bit a Student Ambassador in the fall. He also served every bit the Vice-President of The H.E.A.R.T Service, which is a community service together with civic appointment social club designed to practice connections betwixt Reynolds together with its surrounding communities. During his outset 2 semesters at Reynolds he successfully completed the college's Leadership Program, JSR LEAD.  In his spare fourth dimension he likes to blog.

Here at Reynolds Community College four-year academy students oft attend classes during their summertime sessions. Initially i would think, “Why would a student, who was accepted at a university, convey classes at a community college?”, together with later on several interviews a diversity of answers to that inquiry own got been revealed.

Featuring Emma Maiden from Longwood University, Breana Washington from Virginia State University, together with Abbey O’Farrell from Virginia Tech.

Below are the interview questions asked together with the student’s responses. Emma’s answers volition travel noted past times EM, Breana past times BW, together with Abbey past times AOF.

What University practice you lot attend?

EM – Longwood University

BW – I attend Virginia State University inwards Petersburg, Va. 

AOF – Virginia Tech

How is shipping to Reynolds, or practice you lot attend distance classes without moving from your primary location?

EM - The drive to Reynolds from my trouble solid is relatively short. I actually appreciate the gratuitous parking passes hither rather than $250 a year for parking at Longwood.

BW - I am taking i score on the Parham Road Campus, together with three courses online. My 'in person' score is from 8 to 10:10 a.m., Mon - Thursday. I drive myself every day.

AOF - I attend a distance Biology score that requires i on-campus laboratory coming together per week.

What is your housing method? As an example, are you lot soundless at your primary institution, or are you lot housed amongst family?

EM – During the summer, I alive amongst my parents. At Longwood I am currently living inwards University Managed off-campus apartment.

BW – I alive off campus, I own got my ain floor nigh the campus.

AOF – During the academic year, I alive inwards an floor nigh the Virginia Tech campus, but piece taking summertime classes at Reynolds, I remain amongst my parents inwards Richmond.

Why are you lot taking summertime classes, together with why select Reynolds for them?

EM – I select to convey summertime classes at Reynolds during the summertime semesters, because it enables me to graduate from Longwood on-time/early, it saves me money, together with it is conveniently close to home.

BW – I am taking summertime classes to knock off a semester therefore I volition travel able to graduate side past times side May. I own got taken multiple classes at Reynolds, the Parham Road Campus is really to a greater extent than or less my mother’s house. 

AOF – I am taking summertime classes to acquire ahead on my bachelor's program. Reynolds is to a greater extent than or less my home.

From your experiences from taking classes at Reynolds, practice you lot bask them? Why?

EM – So far I dear my score at Reynolds. The score sizes are mostly smaller hither together with e'er seem to travel taught past times teachers (not teaching assistants, etc).

BW – I practice bask them. I own got never had a professor hither that has non wanted the best for each together with every pupil inwards their class! That lonely agency therefore much they volition e'er practice whatever it is to assist you lot succeed.

AOF – It has been a challenge adapting to a novel software interface, since my domicile establishment does non role Blackboard.

Would you lot recommend to your immature human being students or friends to convey classes here?

EM – Yes, I (would) definitely recommend my immature human being students to convey classes at Reynolds. I own got convinced 2 of my immature human being classmates to convey classes this summertime at Reynolds because they were worried they wouldn't graduate on fourth dimension or own got to convey every bit good heavy of a score charge to graduate on time.

BW – I would together with I own got recommended my friends to convey classes hither that own got non gone dorsum to their 4 yr institutions, but to maintain their involvement inwards schoolhouse inwards instance they are motivated to become dorsum into a iv yr institution. 

AOF – If they are looking to acquire ahead, yes.

Have you lot noticed whatsoever differences betwixt your electrical flow establishment together with Reynolds? If so, what are they? Would you lot recommend attention Reynolds for a student’s outset 2 years?

EM – I own got noticed a divergence inwards the personalities of teachers at Reynolds. The teachers I own got met at Reynolds are all really personable together with are really agreement of students amongst children, jobs, together with responsibilities exterior of their education. The students own got a lot of abide by for those agreement teachers together with appreciate them for it. This is non e'er the instance amongst other schools.

Many of my friends from high schoolhouse attended Reynolds for 2 years earlier transferring together with actually enjoyed it. At Longwood nosotros are required to hit 12 full general pedagogy "goals" together with sometimes it takes to a greater extent than than i score to hit i destination (e.g. Foreign Languages). If I had attended Reynolds for 2 years (accomplishing most of my full general pedagogy goals) together with and then transferred, I would own got been stuck taking all the upper floor classes required for my major together with it would own got been really hard (although really possible). Longwood encourages students to convey their full general pedagogy classes throughout their iv years to avoid becoming overwhelmed amongst hard upper floor classes required for their major at the same time.

BW – Reynolds is honestly but similar a iv yr establishment except it doesn't own got all of the distractions that a iv yr college does. The operate charge is the same together with the benefits of coming to a community college outset is that you lot volition acquire your associates score together with and then you lot soundless own got the pick to transfer to acquire your undergraduate or bachelors. It is also cheaper together with you lot salvage coin together with it gives you lot fourth dimension to mature together with acquire most yourself together with your written report habits, because whether you lot become to a iv yr or 2 yr college, it is a lot dissimilar from high school. I would recommend it.

I did non come upward to J. Sargeant Reynolds to commence off my college career but it is non a bad idea. Especially if they own got a programme that you lot desire to acquire a score inwards together with a possible career in. I did, however, travel out my iv yr college later on the outset yr together with commence classes at Reynolds earlier I transferred dorsum to Virginia State. Reynolds gave me the chance to proceed my pedagogy fifty-fifty when I didn't know precisely what I wanted to travel when I grew up, but since together with then I own got figured out precisely what i wanted to practice together with I am at i time on rails to graduate side past times side May! There is nil inwards item that I would alter most this community college, everything is done really professionally together with everything is tardily to follow.

AOF – I retrieve that people at Reynolds convey a lot of responsibleness for their pedagogy together with practice non convey it for granted.

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