048 What I Wish I’d Known: College Applications

Dave and App State's social media manager Ginny Scheer roam about Sanford Mall interviewing App State students to find out what they wish they had known way back when they were applying to college. Maybe don't procrastinate but chill out and follow your heart while not stressing...something along those lines anyway.  

 

 

Transcript:

Dave  Hey folks! I'm Dave Blanks from University Communications back with Dave by the Bell. It's October. It's chilly. I'm out here with Ginny. She is the manager of our social media. We're interviewing App State students. We're talking to them about advice during the application process. What do you know now that you wish you knew then?

Ginny Scheer Mmhmm

Dave  So we’re out here on Sanford Mall. All right. Well, let's find somebody to talk to.

Sarely Zavala-Duran I'm Sarely Zavala-Duran I'm from Indian Trail, North Carolina.

Dave  Saley?

Sarely Zavala-Duran Sara Lee like the bread company.

Dave  Sara Lee! Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee! All right. Sara Lee, are you a freshman here at App?   

Sarely Zavala-Duran Yes.   

Dave  You are. Okay. Well, when you were trying to choose a college, would there be a piece of advice that you might give to yourself, Sarely?

Sarely Zavala-Duran Yeah. It’s not that deep, honestly. You make a choice, choose what school you think is right, and if it doesn't work out, just change it. I know people that have dropped out from schools already that didn't like it. Just choose a school and go with it. Don't force yourself, but also just try to enjoy the time that you have here.

Dave  Nice. But we got you, right? I mean, like, you're officially a Mountaineer and you’re gonna stay?

Sarely Zavala-Duran Yeah I am! Right here on Sanford!

Group Roll Neers!

Dave  Roll Neers! Absolutely. All right. So I guess next, we'll ask you. Hey, what is your name?

Maya Tongue Maya Tongue.

Dave  Maya Tongue! Hey, nice to meet you. Where are you from?

Maya Tongue Canton, Georgia.

Dave  You heard my question to Saraley.

Maya Tongue Just know that it like not getting into a college doesn't mean you're stupid. I didn't get into UGA, and, like, that was really hard. But I love it here and I love the people I've met and it just makes me...

Dave  Look at em! They’re awesome!

Maya Tongue It’s the right thing. It's meant to be here so...

Dave  What about this person looking at their phone? Maybe I could talk to them.

Sam Crabtree My name is Sam Crabtree. I was clueless. All of middle school, all of high school. And it wasn't until senior year when the pandemic hit, when I was like, okay, this is where I want to be.

Dave  Okay, so if you could talk to yourself back then your senior year.

Sam Crabtree Don't overthink it and ask for help. There's always people around to offer some advice. I think I was like really scared about jumping into it, but it was a really simple process and as long as I had my parents and I know I could reach out to like admissions people and knew that they would offer some advice.

Dave  So this is Kaitlyn Witte. Kaitlyn, it's nice to meet you. Where are you from?

Kaitlyn Witte I'm from Charlotte.

Dave  Okay, cool. How long have you been here at App?

Kaitlyn Witte I'm in my freshman year, so only like two months.

Dave  So if you, Kaitlyn, could go back and give yourself a piece of advice, what would it be?

Kaitlyn Witte I say just follow what I wanted to do versus what my friends want me to do and where they wanted me to go and just doing it for myself versus my friends.

Dave  Alleah, Hello.

Alleah Trunzo  Hi.

Dave  How's it going?

Alleah Trunzo  Good! How are you?

Dave  I'm good.

Dave  You got some Chick fil A?

Alleah Trunzo  Sustenance.

Dave  Need your sustenance.

Dave  So if you, Alleah, could go back and give yourself some words of wisdom.

Alleah Trunzo  I knew I wanted to go to an NC public university and I think I really did choose the best one for me because I really do love living here. I think even beyond being a student and just living here as an adult would be really nice.

Dave  It is nice. I do that all the time, like every day.

Matthew Paulino My name is Matthew Paulino. I was very stressed. I didn't know if I was going to be able to get into college, but I guess my advice for myself would just be like, calm down, relax, focus on your mental health. Everything is going to be okay and it's going to go great.

Ginny Scheer What about soccer people?

Dave  Soccer people? Walk out into the soccer game?

Ginny Scheer Mmhmm

Dave  I could do that. Which one? Which one you want to single out?

Marcus Zagorski Marcus Zagorski.

Dave  Marcus. Hello. So i