OC HIGH / STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS : OC High asks: What do you fear most about going to college?
“That my parents will come and visit me.”
Sara Goo, 17, senior, Dana Hills
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“Leaving home. You spend almost all your time at home, and then you have to leave. It’s a wake-up; welcome to the real world.”
Channing Boyer, 15, freshman, Westminster
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“I’m just afraid of getting lost on the huge campus. I’m going to be this little speck in a lecture hall of 120 people.”
Annie Tran, 17, senior, Villa Park
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“I’m scared that the poor state of our economy today will hinder my ability to find a job when I graduate from college in 1998.”
Hillary Kehrli, 18, senior, Corona del Mar
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“The stress which college will put on me. I’m scared that when I graduate from college with a degree I won’t have a job because jobs are scarce these days. My degree will not guarantee a job.”
My Thuy Bui, 17, senior, Santiago
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“About how hard the classes are going to be, and about keeping my grades up all year.”
Naissan Wesley, 16, junior, University
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“That I’m not going to be able to hack it.”
Sharon Park, 16, junior, Sunny Hills
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“Finding the right group to fit in with.”
Wendy Holt, 18, senior, Capistrano Valley
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“Having nobody there to do my laundry.”
Amanda Stanton, 17, junior, Dana Hills
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“Entering an environment that is more competitive than any other I’ve ever been in.”
Amanda Phelps, 18, senior, Huntington Beach
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“That I won’t be able to handle it. I don’t know if I will be able to handle the work, adjusting to campus and college life, basically college itself. I have such a different image of college. It is so different from high school, and bigger. I guess basically what scares me most is that I don’t know what will happen in the future.”
Mia Torres, 16, junior, Rosary
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“Trying to support myself.”
Frank Yannarell, 18, senior, Trabuco Hills
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“I’m most afraid of partying too much and flunking out, as well as the fact that I won’t have my parents to fall back on.”
David Ling, 16, junior, Villa Park
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“Leaving the security of home. I will be responsible for getting my own food, making my own bed and doing my own laundry. I will be leading my own life, and I don’t know if I’m ready--or mature enough--to do that yet. I still miss being a child.”
Matthew Paul Amero, 17, senior, El Dorado
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“What I don’t know. It’s a completely new environment. Although you start out with a perception of what college will be like, it’s never really what you think it is. And since it is a new environment, I am insecure about myself. I mean, will I be liked? Make new friends? Get along with my professors? And choose the right occupation? Am I really doing what’s best for me, or will I hate my job and be stuck in a hell hole for the rest of my life?”
Jung Pak, 16, junior, Fountain Valley
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“I fear that I will not be able to pay off my tuition or that I will not have enough money to go to college.”
Ruxandra Nelson, 17, junior, Loara
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“Getting a really psychotic roommate.”
Lindsey Blenkhorn, 16, sophomore, Dana Hills
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“Failure. It’s frightening when people are expecting you to succeed.”
Misty Sanford, 16, sophomore, Los Amigos
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“Financial aid.”
Phoung Tran, 17, senior, Bolsa Grande
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“Knowing anything and everything I do is up to me. There will be no assistance and guidelines to follow; you’re just a number to them; they don’t wait for you. You get it or you don’t.”
Rodney Elcock, 18, senior, Santiago
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“That the classes will be really hard.”
Trisha Daley, 17, senior, Capistrano Valley
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“The mental demand and workload that is required in college.”
Jeff Higley, 17, junior, Irvine
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“Going away, not knowing anyone, no home cooking and no easy access to money.”
William Monroe, 17, senior, Trabuco Hills
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“I am worried about the competition among students.”
Kristi Nguyen, 17, senior, University
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“I fear being alone at college. I don’t want to attend a college and not be acquainted with anyone. Studies will be my No. 1 priority, but if I don’t have someone to talk to, study with or spend some free time with, I’ll just become homesick and lonely.
Lisette Baron, 15, sophomore, Rosary
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“A new place, ancient professors and more work!”
Melanie Porpiglia, 18, senior, Fountain Valley
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“I fear going to college my first day, going to my first class and not knowing anyone in there. I will miss all my friends dearly. High school has provided comfort and security. You’re all on your own in college, and you have your own objectives. But it will be a new and interesting experience.”
Tai Chiem, 16, junior, Loara
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“That I won’t have enough time to write all my papers, study, do homework and go out with my friends.”
Holly Lorentzen, 18, senior, El Dorado
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“The importance of a college degree, as well as the cost. College is a scary prospect. I’m having a lot of thoughts about the rising cost of a college education as well as the quality of it.”
Boyd Martin, 15, sophomore, Corona del Mar
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“That there won’t be any people there that have the same interests as I do, especially karate.”
Seth Meier, 17, junior, Irvine
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“Being so far away from family and friends for such an extended period of time. Meeting new people can be fun, but loss of your social support system can be scary.”
Chris Francis, 16, sophomore, Los Amigos
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“Not making it.”
Carrol Park, 16, junior, Marina
