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[Alextv]

Which one is a better option to study in?

Right now I am in a Community College, and I like it because it is small and the classrooms are not far away one from each other. What do you think guys? Should I move to the University Of Arizona?


Alex

[guido]

Alextv, on Mar 25 2010, 05:44 PM, said:

Which one is a better option to study in?

Right now I am in a Community College, and I like it because it is small and the classrooms are not far away one from each other. What do you think guys? Should I move to the University Of Arizona?


Alex

which has the prettiest girls?

[FROG]

Alex, This one is really your call. But if I were you, I would have my non-operational butt over at the university as soon as possible. More maturity, creativity and a broader perspective all provide greater opportunity for your personal, social, academic and cultural growth.

[Alextv]

guido, on Mar 25 2010, 12:28 PM, said:

Alextv, on Mar 25 2010, 05:44 PM, said:

Which one is a better option to study in?

Right now I am in a Community College, and I like it because it is small and the classrooms are not far away one from each other. What do you think guys? Should I move to the University Of Arizona?


Alex

which has the prettiest girls?

awwww, then, University Of Arizona there I go!!!!

FROG, on Mar 25 2010, 12:37 PM, said:

Alex, This one is really your call. But if I were you, I would have my non-operational butt over at the university as soon as possible. More maturity, creativity and a broader perspective all provide greater opportunity for your personal, social, academic and cultural growth.

Thank you Sr. for your answer. My only concern was the campus sizes;I mean classrooms far away. But, I think I'm going for the University.

[airart1]

do both, u can also do about any stuff over the web also, so u might do the mundain stuff without messing with sitting thru a boring class, and do the good stuff in classroom....alot of options...........

[Wheelchair Traveler]

I almost went to U of A. It's a great accessible campus and dorms. They also have a great basketball team for wheelchair users. There's so much more to collage to experience besides the "education." A person learns to think on his/her own, discover who he/she really is... etc.

GO FOR IT! It's an AMAZING experience!!!

Edited by Wheelchair Traveler, 26 March 2010 - 04:43 AM.

[bulldogtor]

I'll be attending medical school in the fall. I think you should do what is best for your future. If you feel the University will give you a better education, then don't let a physical disability hold you back.

Speak to some people at the university (such as the dean of campus life services, head of disability services, etc). I have discovered that people are more than willing to go OUT OF THEIR WAY to help us.

There was a girl in a wheelchair when I was in undergrad (before I got injured0, and a university van picked her up and took her to every one of her classes (the campus was huge)

When I visited my campus for medical school next year, the deans made sure EVERYTHING was okay. She was telling me things they could provide that I hadn't even thought of. They are arranging for a handicapped accessible dorm with accessibly bath room, they got me in touch with transportation and a van with a lift on it so I can go around the town if I do not have a car by that time, the disability services could provide extra time on exams, AND the deans even contacted the kinesiology department at the university... apparently there is an FES bike they have that nobody uses and is just sitting there, so I can come in whenever I want to and use it. So it's like free physical therapy! They may study me, but who cares.

So in a nutshell, if you are scared to live and go to a university, don't be. People--professors, deans, and even students--will go out of their way to assist with anything you need. If you are starting in the fall, keep us posted on any adaptations and progress you are making. I'll give my input as well. This could be a good source for other people thinking about going to university or a community college.

Wheelchair Traveler, on Mar 26 2010, 12:42 AM, said:

I almost went to U of A. It's a great accessible campus and dorms. They also have a great basketball team for wheelchair users. There's so much more to collage to experience besides the "education." A person learns to think on his/her own, discover who he/she really is... etc.

GO FOR IT! It's an AMAZING experience!!!

I AGREE.

[Alextv]

Thank you all,

Right now, I'm going to a Community College because it is cheaper, but after what you all have advised me, for this coming fall I definitively going to transfer to U of A. Once I arrange a appointment to visit the campus I will tell you how it was everything.

[ajl338]

You should go for it. I have found people go out their way to help me if i show that i am really sure i want to do it.
I'm off to uni in September (as a post grad student) to do outdoor education masters. I dont think i can make it any harder for myself, there are 2 field work weeks (in the mountains) a costal sea shore study and the fact that edinburgh is hilly with cobble stones (the worst combination). But i applied and i got a place and have spent the last 3 weeks talking to the course tutor about how it can work for me.

If distance bothers you say so, its really easy to move lectures into rooms close together to make life easy, its an adaption that cost them nothing