. , HEAi‘lIER" MacLEDD _ . . Hello. I am'a second year > istudent in the Arts program and I'm majoring in History. 4 ~

K mRINNE HARDY _ . After graduating in 1978, I decided to work-on a Bachelor of 2 Science in Biology. In my second

year of this program I began to

In’s‘ept‘snter or 1980‘ two hundred and siXty-nine of Charlottetown Rural's alumni were registered at'thesUniversity of Prince Ea¥ard Island.’ This means that out o _ _ r r ' ~ I wonder if it was really what I sizztzsmrhgizm m m I m greatest majority of former students thmf‘gh ﬁfe Unlv?r51ty Chglﬁgm doing to the island university.ea...“°’k?§gl"1tg Rhea: at“: I5b°r° or‘the number of student§T_thirty- 305131 - “ms 5 ,- N ~ eight are seniors (fourth year d?°1dedH:h‘t’:,"%“%drgpllgﬁgldur' students). fifty are juniors _ ging- tzgv‘i’néb :ugsi I had ‘(third year students). fifty; 9 “0°13 G d T 1 “ﬁvth nd *eight are sophomores (second *t° get “'5'. m e we Ye 8‘ . '1 ear Students) and one hundred £3 Univer31ty °°urs° 1“ s°°1°1°5y‘ a. indhtwenty‘eisht are’freshme'n. SO thisfall‘ found me back at the We" Ninety-eight students are enrolled Rur‘l taklns A}8:bra and G?°m;:r?’_ in the Business Program, sixty- 1 513° t°°k a “18 ’5 °°“’S° 1" °1° five in the Arts ngram, sixty- 1.12:2“ Uﬁpﬁ'at one’in the Science Program, eight ’e;. “1. 95 my g I I f d I are little Pro-Nursing Program and j'lnth the mc't? “5' hi“: It 7 twenty-six former Rural students ‘ iih’dla 1°t of me on my n 5‘

I went to the Rural for four years and really enjoyed the time I spent there. ,Ianrade Twelve I didn't intend to go to U.P.E.I. I thought I wouldgo to another University..perhaps Dalhousie. I had lived away from home before so 'that part was no problem and I could always get a Student Loan.

I started asking around. I went to Dal. for a weekend and I saw residence life as it really was. The more Ipthought about leaving - 'to' go somewhere else, more reasons, came up as to why I should stay. 'There was the cbst. If I stayed on the Island, I could livs at‘ home and cut costs way down.‘ By

a», in aﬁwmering; The was quite an adjustment for me from ,mueetien has . twelve . - Rural people enrolled. in it. p“ 7 I Included in these numbers are' the friends and relatives_of

,_ being a full-time to a part-time ;_fstudent (a full-time student takes ‘ 7 three or more courses).

With so much time I felt a partitime job

'studying here I'll be supporting the community.

I When I talked to Miss Power, the Guidance Counsellor, she

would fill some hours. This might

the Studén$3 no" attending it be a good idea for those who want to

advised going to U.P.E.I. She

C.R‘H.s.; It is‘a good idgg see if University is really for them said that getting'used to the J~.Mn

, to getwthege people's adVlcee, because along with a full or Part_ _ work load at UniverSlty would be

Why they themselves came time job a person could also take, hard enough let alone haVlng the ._ U.P.E.I. .wnat are the Ungyer-y some night courses. It wasn.t as .added pressures of finance and

[sity"s good and bad points? hard as it would first seem and with ‘homeSlckeness to deal Wlth. Tak- JD

'Itpis‘ a good idea to ask .for help in making up a classy

. schedule, picking courses and _ ,professors. Also ask about their old books because it's

' a lot chepaer to buy second shand4books than brand new ones. M_ ~ . The people that know you will/ know what you want, if youfll

ving all this into consideration,

‘ ' ' . d eff rt such 9”" “gamma” an ° {I “chose to go to U.P.E.I.

a system can work out. Iwgr _ ‘ DIANNE KNOI; I graduated from Charlottetown Rural High School in the spring of i979. I had applied and been accepted ‘to begin courses at U.P.E.I. in Septe- mber. However, at this time I was still very uncertain about the path I r- ~ ' should follow in furthering my educa- zslgiggy-gztgs:.::::::? cﬁggie tion. I felt a change from the routinie 60 1e ére glad to give their of learning in a classroom Situation. - idvgce because they themselves might_b? a P°Sitlve Step 1n.cim1?3 to re once in the same situations dec151on. .Instead of regls erlng we <for classes in oeptember, 1979, I went ’ ' to British Columbia where I travelled and worked for a year. I spent four months in Europe as well before return- _ a. .ing to P.E.I. During this time I realized {93 that I was ready to return to the Island and decided to begin classes at U.P.E.I. ‘this semester. I feel it-was important ‘ for me to have a goal in mind; not neces- -sarily a chosen vocation, but the goal to Want to learn as much as possible about all aspects of life. In this way one can really benefit from his or her university education and become a bet- ter person because of it. KEVIN JENKiNS

I really thought University would be hard and if I passed with fifties I would be happy. However I found claSSes not as hard as I expected and my marks generally improved from High School. This happened because I could pin-point in on my interests and because of ' the preparation I got for Univer- sity at the Rural. In fact, I found some of the subjects there

I! .5 harder than here at University.

A lot of people think there are a"

. so-called "bird" courses at U.P.E.I. ‘ ‘- and it is easier than other places " but it's not so, it's just that one

course may come more natural to '4'” “'-

someone/but be more difficult to .

to U.P.L.I., I became inVOlVed in di ferent

another. When I came organizations. This is a good idea because it helps you meet lots of people. I found most people very friendly and will- ing to help or give advice to me. It's hard Sometimes to get involved in things when you don't live at the University but with some effort it's not too hard and becoming involved can be very rewarding as it adds to your life at Lniver~ A sity so when you graduate you don't feel that all you did was study. All in all, I never regretted my choice in coming to U.P.E.I. for it's a homey, friendly place where you always seem to meet someone with a ready smile.

Kevin is a Senior Business Admini—

stration student. 'He graduated from the _Rural in 1977. Coming to University was is big change from the Rural for Kevin. He feels that the University subjects -seem much easier if you get involved in organizations. Because of this idea, Kevin became a class representative for the Business Society during his Sophmore “and Junior years. Kevin also stated that the Student Union and Radio CIMN are also {good ways to get involved in campus life.

V Kevin's advice is, "Get inVOlved, work hard but have fun'as well (it can' be done), don't give up if things 52;; tough at first, get to know your profs ‘because they can help you immensely." ‘

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