Citrus College students have been busy with finishing up course work in order to graduate and transfer.
Student Margarita Camarena Lopez is finishing up her final semester before graduating.
“It was very stressful due to me wanting to graduate and get out of community college within two years,” Lopez said. “My last class was in winter, which was a fast paced course so I gave it my all.”
Lopez is planning on transferring after she departs from Citrus, and is planning to transfer to Cal State Dominguez Hills with a history major in the Fall of 2022.
Most students don’t always finish within a two-year mark like some.
Former student David Monroy said he had a difficult time finishing within a two-year period due to some of the struggles he faced while majoring in engineering.
“Unfortunately, I didn’t finish in two years. I was looking to transfer to an engineering program, which was hard for me, since I took the wrong classes,” Monroy said.
Monroy said he had difficulty putting together what classes he needed to graduate.
“I wasn’t fully informed of what degrees were available to transfer to. I wanted to transfer to a mechanical engineering program, thinking that there were only two types of engineering available, both civil and mechanical engineering,” Monroy said.
Monroy said he wishes he would have been more aware with the direction of what courses to take while at Citrus before transferring.
“Had I known all of my options I think I would have been able to transfer earlier,” Monroy said. Which I believe was particularly my fault for not researching engineering in general.”
Student William Zenda is also planning on transferring and plans to attend Cal State LA in the fall after his time at Citrus comes to an end.
Zenda is going through difficult workloads leading up to graduation and said although the workload is hard, he tries to find time to get work done on time.
“Leading up to graduation the workload can be hard but you have to find time in between to get your work done on time as well,” said Zenda.
Monroy said his workload was heavy leading up to graduation.
“It was heavy, I think the way the road maps are developed should be changed to better optimize what can actually be done,” Monroy said. “Most of the classes that we need to graduate tend to be impacted, so when they free up, we didn’t consider the work that needs to be put in.”
Monroy said it isn’t such a good idea to take difficult classes within one semester to avoid overloads of work.
“I wouldn’t suggest to anyone to take upper decision math, Chem, and physics in the same semester,” Monroy said. “Those classes require you to quit the world because of the amount of work. But when you don’t have a choice because classes are impacted, you just take on the work regardless of what you have to give up.”
