We asked high performing freshman on what basis they made their selections when taking class notes.
When she started taking classes two years ago, she did so for fitness, she said, looking for something more exciting than machines.
THINK OF THE CHILDREN Fabiola Trujillo was 15 when she began taking classes at the center 15 years ago.
I would tell my mom, "I'm not feeling very good -- do I have to take your class?" But when I started taking classes here, that all changed.
One of Ms. Flanders's students, Evelyn Wexler, had never written a poem and was in her 60's when she began taking classes with Ms. Flanders.
But when she started taking classes for fun at a local community college, she found a new direction in life.
When she began taking classes, however, Young found that it was the history courses that really spoke to her, and her career goals gradually drifted in that direction.
All day when you are taking classes you are looking at all these micrographs of neurons stained by all of these various techniques and they are beautiful.
When she's taking classes, Adreanne and her six-month-old daughter commute six days a week from Quantico, VA -- a two hour ride in traffic.
OPT status can also be used by graduate students still working on their dissertation research when they're no longer taking classes or when they are enrolled for fewer than nine credit-hours per semester.
"They focused on having kids start on applications during the summer before senior year, so they aren't super stressed out when taking AP classes," said Ozeas, who works in television.
