Of these, 51 reported having used a voluntary study group prior to taking this course while 44 had not.
Having this goal in his head while taking the course work proved to be quite valuable as it became a lens through which Stan studied all the new material.
While taking the course, he befriended a group of American missionaries who regularly came to Haiti.
While taking a course in writing, Edna heard that the Miami Beach Sun was looking for reporters.
During the summer following her sophomore year, Alice stayed with family friends who lived closer to Midwood while taking a course in molecular biology.
While taking a course in African-American studies, she became interested in the subject of lynchings, which had been more prevalent and brutal in Texas than in any other state.
Khrushchev himself seems to have attributed his rise to "luck": he met Stalin's wife, Nadezhda, while taking a course at the industrial academy, and she passed the name, and her approval, along to her husband.
"I want something meaningful to me, and I want something that is more of a stable, organized environment," said Mr. Haeberle, 24, who is collecting unemployment benefits while taking a course to prepare for the Law School Admissions Test this fall.
While taking a course in Chinese painting, she was struck by paintings of karst formations near Guilin, pinnacles that improbably pop up out of the flat earth without warning to dance about the sky.
They created the company at the University of Washington in Seattle while taking a course on "creativity and innovation".
One semester, I added a third part-time job while taking 21 course credits.
