Growing up, Breanna Haigler never considered becoming an engineer. What a difference a parent and teachers can make. The industrial engineering student now visits local schools to lead hands-on engineering activities during her free time. “Role models are extremely vital,”…
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Ariel Marsh attends basketball practice, lifts weights and reviews game film for five hours every day. She goes to class on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and dedicates the rest of her time to working as a supervisor at the Bronco…
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Although withdrawing from a class is not rare, it is a myth to think it is common. In fact, fewer than one in six students on campus last spring had ever withdrawn from a class – and only seven students…
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This month’s myth: You need to get really good grades to be in the Four-Year Graduation Pledge program.
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“Most” students do not change majors, but many do. Of the 1,618 freshmen who were admitted in 2005 and have graduated, 45 percent changed their major ... but only 8 percent of the students changed their major more than once.
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Myth: Most engineering majors don’t pass the Graduation Writing Test on their first attempt. This is false.
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Myth: Students are forced to leave the university if they don’t complete their degree quickly enough.
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Myth: Nothing happens on this campus. Cal Poly Pomona historically has had an image problem as a “commuter campus” – but that is changing. About a fifth of our 20,000 students now live on or near campus, and more student…
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Urban myths include the ridiculous, the plausible and the true, but all have one thing in common: They take on a life of their own regardless of how much they might strain the bounds of believability.
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