|
Name: Rossy Olusala
Birthday (Age): 20
Hometown: Ridgewood, NJ |
Class of: 2003
Major/Minor: Chemistry/Transfer to a pharmacy school
E-mail: queenrosey@hotmail.com |
Why did you choose to attend Bergen?
I wanted to see if I could survive in college and take most of my first two years of the four-year college here and transfer to a pharmacy school and only have to do the core classes for a pharmacy degree.
What do you do at Bergen besides attending classes?
I use the weightlifting facilities, computer labs, library, career center/job finder place, swimming pool, etc. Also I'll be joining student government, maybe the African American Club, maybe The Torch.
What do you like best about Bergen?
The fact that it only takes me less than ten minutes to get here and it wasn't hard to get accepted into the school.
What is your favorite quote and why?
"Alone in a crowd" -- no matter how many people we surround ourselves with when we die, we must face death alone.
What is your advice to prospective students?
Always attend a community college first - that way you can adjust to the college atmosphere while figuring out what you want to do. Figure out what career you want, then research all the schools that offer it, look at their requirements, for transfer students and look at the program outline. After that take as many of the first two year classes that are required in a four-year school thus saving money and GPA if you flunk it (since the four-year school will not transfer over any grades below a C). Use financial aid as much as possible because you won't be able to use it after you get your undergraduate degree. Take at least one computer class since computers are the way of the future. Make friends with older students to, so they can give or sell you their books for a cheaper price. ALWAYS register early to get into the classes you want at your desired time. Get involved in at least one club and become an important member - president, VP, etc. Study hard and be on the Honor Roll -- the school usually gives you money (scholarships, awards, etc.). Experiment/experience life a little -- all within reason of course as in do NOT do something that could kill you, but try new things.
|
Name:Aaron Morfa
Birthday (Age):20
Hometown:Passaic |
Class of:2003
Major/Minor:Liberal Arts |
Why did you choose to attend Bergen?
To expand my knowledge, redeem myself from not achieving my potential in high school and to transfer to a four-year college.
What do you do at Bergen besides attending classes?
Sometimes I work out at the gym.
What do you like best about Bergen?
The professors are very helpful ans classes are small. Everything is very accessible.
What is your favorite quote and why?
"Give your best at whatever you do." You might make a difference in the world and be proud of yourself.
What is your advice to prospective students?
Take advantage of what school life has to offer and at the same time give back, don't be selfish.
|
Name:Kimberly M. Carenza
Birthday (Age):6/13/82
Hometown:New MIlford, NJ |
Class of:2001
Major/Minor:Undecided
E-mail:blanquita1016@aol.com |
Why did you choose to attend Bergen?
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so instead of wasting my parents' money, I wanted to "test the waters."
What do you do at Bergen besides attending classes?
That's it!
What do you like best about Bergen?
The people.
What is your favorite quote and why?
"Live and learn."
What is your advice to prospective students?
Keep your mind set on your work. Not meaning don't have a social life, but be serious about work.
|
Name:Mark Arik (with beard in the pic)
Birthday (Age):22
Hometown:Ridgewood, NJ |
Class of:2002
Major/Minor:Communications
E-mail:rad244@onebox.com |
Why did you choose to attend Bergen?
Ceap, nearby, couldn't get into a good university.
What do you do at Bergen besides attending classes?
Park my car.
What do you like best about Bergen?
Smash classes, good professors.
What is your favorite quote and why?
"We are standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton
All human accomplishments are based on the previous ones. We should recognize those who came before us.
What is your advice to prospective students?
Don't drop classes. It really wastes a lot of time.
|
Name: Sehoon Chung(in the pic above)
Birthday (Age):2/21/80
Hometown:Cresskil |
Class of:1998
Major/Minor:Computer Science
E-mail:junoflx43@aol.com |
Why did you choose to attend Bergen?
I have been dismissed from TCNJ where I was paying almost nothing. I chose BCC to earn credits and fulfill the one year absence requirement for TCNJ.
What do you do at Bergen besides attending classes?
Take courses for MCSE. Tutor two people. Hang out with girlfriend.
What do you like best about Bergen?
It's a rebound school for me. I could take time to learn with a will. Learned that learning is easier once one sees the excitement and joy from learning.
What is your favorite quote and why?
DON'T DO DRUGS. I know why.
What is your advice to prospective students?
Good luck. Strike the iron while it's hot.
|
Name: Diego Correa
Birthday (Age):19
Hometown:New Milford |
Class of:2002
Major/Minor:Business Administration
E-mail:fuego2181@aol.com |
Why did you choose to attend Bergen?
I chose Bergen CC because I don't have the mony to attend other schools like Ramapo College. Alos because it was easier to get in and I didn't do well in High School.
What do you do at Bergen besides attending classes?
Besides attending classes I hang out with my friends and play soccer sometimes.
What do you like best about Bergen?
Since the first semester I got to meet new people and I made new friends. Also I discovered that I can do well in school, better than I thought.
What is your favorite quote and why?
"If God gave you lemons, learn to make lemonade." I heard this quote in a Spanish song, and since I heard it, I have been using it because that is life. If you get something you don't like, learn to live with it. Life doesn't end, you've got to keep moving forward.
What is your advice to prospective students?
It does not matter how well you did in high school because in college you will learn how to learn. But in order to do that, you have to want to learn.
|
Name: Stacy Arbutina
Birthday (Age):30
Hometown:Lodi, NJ |
Class of:2003
Major/Minor:Nursing (RN) |
Why did you choose to attend Bergen?
I chose to attend Bergen CC to complete my RN. This college completes their nursing rounds at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital where I will be working after graduation.
What do you do at Bergen besides attending classes?
I use the library resources and computer labs.
What do you like best about Bergen?
It is close to work and home. It offers the classes I need for my degree.
What is your favorite quote and why?
"That which does not kill you only makes you stronger." I have been through a lot in life. Lost both my parents at ages 17 and 21, but I'm back to school and own my own home to continue to make them proud!
What is your advice to prospective students?
Stay in school and complete it while you can because it is hard to start again once you stop. Take advantage of such a wonderful opportunity.
|
Name:Marlon Jaramillo
Birthday (Age):24 |
Class of:Currently attending Seton Hall Business School
Major/Minor:Business |
Why did you choose to attend Bergen?
I came to Bergen as a transfer student from Richard Stockton College of NJ. I did not have enough money at the time to pay for an expensive school. Therefore I opted to seek the best education I could financially afford. Bergen offered quality that was superior to most community colleges in NJ and it proved to be the right choice.
What do you do at Bergen besides attending classes?
I was never too involved because I was working at the time.
What do you like best about Bergen?
What I liked about Bergen the most was it’s library and how many courses it offered. I would rate the English composition courses as effective. Effective meaning that it provided you with enough understanding and background to write detailed oriented papers with good structure. My literature courses I rate as excellent. They not only provoked you to think beyond the text, but show how literature can also relate to you. Professor ______ motivated his students to find the story within story…to find how the choices of words are never random. Professor _______'s classes always emphasized how literature sometimes echoes our lives. From Lao Tzu to Petrarch, she instilled into me the importance of literature.
What is your favorite quote and why?
“There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion…” (Emerson, Passage from Self-Reliance) Transcendentalism is one of my favorite movements in literature. I find the works of such authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Longfellow endearing to the human soul.
What is your advice to prospective students?
My advice is to explore your options. Bergen can be a place that allows you to find yourself. If you are an art major, take some science. If you are a business major, take some literature courses. As life goes on you will become limited to your options, so take advantage of them while they exist.
|
Name:Tanya Bitar
Birthday (Age):21
Hometown:New York, NY |
Class of:Spring 2002. Currently at NYU
Major/Minor:Liberal Arts |
Why did you choose to attend Bergen?
At the time it was the best thing for me. I didn't know if I wanted to go to college but Bergen showed me I did. I grew older and wiser.
What do you do at Bergen besides attending classes?
Meet with teachers for extra help if needed.
What do you like best about Bergen?
I am in small classes which helps me learn more and teachers are willing to help if you have a problem.
What is your favorite quote and why?
"Put your mind to it and you will learn."
What is your advice to prospective students?
Some people say that a community school is not good, but it could really get you on a good start. |
