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Thoughts on ASU ? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by whookyshooky
Hi!
Im a new hire at Starbucks— just two weeks in! Im loving it thus far (Ive only covered register, window, and CS positions). Theres still a bunch that I do not know but I really enjoy how dynamic working at Sbux is! Generally my biggest issue is feeling a tad helpless since Im not yet in the swing of things.. this feeling will fade away or at least I hope so lmao.
ANYWAY.
Sorry for the rant— Im mostly curious about other partners experience with attending ASU. Im a freshman and I currently commute but even then I only commute for 2 classes with the rest being completely online (thanks covid). The “College Experience” so often sold to us is just not feasible right now and this makes me question why Im paying for a school thats essentially shortchanging me due to being online (I know education is priceless but why should I waste my time, money, effort, etc. on virtual courses that aren’t equipped to to be virtual!).
I wonder if the quality of my education would be enhanced by attending ASU— as ASU is better equipped to accommodate online learning while other institutions are scrambling about in an attempt to simulate in person learning online.. but they are two very different things! Online learning has been a daunting and disengaging experience this past year.
My only concern is that I’d like to go into education and I know that field experience and observing classrooms is a huge part to effectively studying education.
ANYWAY.
Again, sorry for the rambling.
If any ASU alum or current students could tell me about their experience, major, etc. That’d be great!
Also, some questions:
- Are there any opportunities to visit the physical campus?
- There are out of pocket costs, if you’re comfortable, could you give me a range of the yearly costs?
- Do you have any complaints or regrets? Conversely, do you have any tidbits as to why this was a great decision?
- If you’ve had prior college experience (that I’d assume was the traditional college experience and not covid lol), how does ASU compare?
Feel free to ignore these questions and leave a general overview of your time at ASU lol
Thanks!
Im a new hire at Starbucks— just two weeks in! Im loving it thus far (Ive only covered register, window, and CS positions). Theres still a bunch that I do not know but I really enjoy how dynamic working at Sbux is! Generally my biggest issue is feeling a tad helpless since Im not yet in the swing of things.. this feeling will fade away or at least I hope so lmao.
ANYWAY.
Sorry for the rant— Im mostly curious about other partners experience with attending ASU. Im a freshman and I currently commute but even then I only commute for 2 classes with the rest being completely online (thanks covid). The “College Experience” so often sold to us is just not feasible right now and this makes me question why Im paying for a school thats essentially shortchanging me due to being online (I know education is priceless but why should I waste my time, money, effort, etc. on virtual courses that aren’t equipped to to be virtual!).
I wonder if the quality of my education would be enhanced by attending ASU— as ASU is better equipped to accommodate online learning while other institutions are scrambling about in an attempt to simulate in person learning online.. but they are two very different things! Online learning has been a daunting and disengaging experience this past year.
My only concern is that I’d like to go into education and I know that field experience and observing classrooms is a huge part to effectively studying education.
ANYWAY.
Again, sorry for the rambling.
If any ASU alum or current students could tell me about their experience, major, etc. That’d be great!
Also, some questions:
- Are there any opportunities to visit the physical campus?
- There are out of pocket costs, if you’re comfortable, could you give me a range of the yearly costs?
- Do you have any complaints or regrets? Conversely, do you have any tidbits as to why this was a great decision?
- If you’ve had prior college experience (that I’d assume was the traditional college experience and not covid lol), how does ASU compare?
Feel free to ignore these questions and leave a general overview of your time at ASU lol
Thanks!
Takethisjob-nshovit 2 points 2y ago
I went to my local uni and between my pell grant and cal grants I had at least $1500 a semester to help cover my cost of living and books. It wouldn’t have made sense for me to go the ASU route.
[deleted] 1 points 2y ago
I like ASU. No commute and no zoom classes. However, it is kind of bullshit to pay tuition to a college when you also have to pay for an access code to a textbook company (which you don’t get reimbursed for) and literally the entire class is taught by the textbook company. They make the lectures and give you homework and quizzes. The professor is only there as a moderator of sorts. This isn’t all classes, but it applies to many I have taken at ASU.
I’m only aware of an opportunity to visit the physical campus during graduation.
I get grants along with my scap scholarship and usually pay $1200 out of pocket which gets reimbursed except this semester I got extra grants for some reason so ASU paid me $900 to take classes this spring which I used to pay loans from my previous college which was nice. Be aware that if you don’t have grants it’s very easy to surpass $5,250 in reimbursement. Tax code dictates if you get more than $5,250 in reimbursement per year , then you have to pay taxes which is a whole paycheck (including the actual reimbursement funds) for some people.
I prefer ASU over on campus classes because I haven’t taken out a single loan for ASU where campus left with with like $15k and I didn’t even finish. I did kinda suck that my first year was pretty much an entire repeat of the upper level classes from on campus school, but that was expected because I transferred with so many credits.
Also I frequently skipped classes because for me, the time it took to commute to campus and go to class was unbearable. It is also easy for me to work full time while taking a full course load at ASU.
I’m only aware of an opportunity to visit the physical campus during graduation.
I get grants along with my scap scholarship and usually pay $1200 out of pocket which gets reimbursed except this semester I got extra grants for some reason so ASU paid me $900 to take classes this spring which I used to pay loans from my previous college which was nice. Be aware that if you don’t have grants it’s very easy to surpass $5,250 in reimbursement. Tax code dictates if you get more than $5,250 in reimbursement per year , then you have to pay taxes which is a whole paycheck (including the actual reimbursement funds) for some people.
I prefer ASU over on campus classes because I haven’t taken out a single loan for ASU where campus left with with like $15k and I didn’t even finish. I did kinda suck that my first year was pretty much an entire repeat of the upper level classes from on campus school, but that was expected because I transferred with so many credits.
Also I frequently skipped classes because for me, the time it took to commute to campus and go to class was unbearable. It is also easy for me to work full time while taking a full course load at ASU.
Ristrettooo 1 points 2y ago
I've been an ASU student for 2 years so I'll try to help!
\- If you can visit the campus, you're free to. (I'm on the east coast so it's out of the question for me, especially now.) But if you're there, you have access to all the same resources as any in-person ASU student.
\- I usually have to pay around $3000 per semester after the Starbucks grant and a Pell grant. The reimbursement covers all that except books and $100-200 in fees, so you can hand it right back to ASU for your next semester. After $5250 worth of reimbursements in a calendar year, it'll get taxes deducted, so you do have to account for that.
\- I have no regrets! Before I started ASU I was thousands of dollars in debt for an unfinished degree with no plan to afford to go back to school, and now I'm finally close to finishing a totally different and much better degree! I got some conflicting info from ASU and Starbucks at the beginning which made my admissions process harder and I had a few early classes that were pretty badly run. It got better later though, and I know those issues are common in a lot of colleges!
\- I had two years in person at a big state university several years ago. I had a good time but ASU is really a completely different experience compared to that, plus my life is just in a totally different place so it's hard to compare them. All I can say is I'm doing much better academically than I was before!
\- If you can visit the campus, you're free to. (I'm on the east coast so it's out of the question for me, especially now.) But if you're there, you have access to all the same resources as any in-person ASU student.
\- I usually have to pay around $3000 per semester after the Starbucks grant and a Pell grant. The reimbursement covers all that except books and $100-200 in fees, so you can hand it right back to ASU for your next semester. After $5250 worth of reimbursements in a calendar year, it'll get taxes deducted, so you do have to account for that.
\- I have no regrets! Before I started ASU I was thousands of dollars in debt for an unfinished degree with no plan to afford to go back to school, and now I'm finally close to finishing a totally different and much better degree! I got some conflicting info from ASU and Starbucks at the beginning which made my admissions process harder and I had a few early classes that were pretty badly run. It got better later though, and I know those issues are common in a lot of colleges!
\- I had two years in person at a big state university several years ago. I had a good time but ASU is really a completely different experience compared to that, plus my life is just in a totally different place so it's hard to compare them. All I can say is I'm doing much better academically than I was before!
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