Coming into this course I had no idea what to expect, but reading all the required readings and watching the videos I am honestly appalled at what I have learned. I had no idea that we even had a 'college loans' debt crisis. I find this very interesting and eye opening. It makes me think about how many jobs I could handle over the summer in order to pay back some loans in order to lower my debt before I graduate so that I will be able to pay it back.
Coming into Rutgers as a transfer student was a struggle for me as it was hard to navigate around campus and figure out the bus schedules. I must have ridden every bus there was at Rutgers University before I had the slightest idea of where I was and which stop I needed to get off. I honestly got lost my first couple days, but after looking like an idiot and asking many many questions, I found my way. I believe that navigation is a real struggle for transfer students at any big college especially one like Rutgers. Another challenge that transfer students face is social life. Some transfer students have a hard time with this as they live with students who have their 'cliques' because they have been living here for a while. This could cause transfer students to have a sense of loneliness and/or depression.
Last but not least, I would like to discuss transfer students' ability to transfer their credits from other colleges to Rutgers as I have gone through this and have first-hand knowledge. Transferring credits over isn't as easy as they portray it to be. I thought I had taken all the right classes at my community college to qualify for the New Jersey Statewide Transfer Agreement but when I came to Rutgers I was told that I was half a class away from qualifying. Half a class? I wasn't aware that existed. I think with this topic, I would like to get opinions from other students and see if they faced struggles too.
