“To get hands-on and try learning as much as I can with my experience. I’m christian, so I guess try to be the light to some people, spread some positivity around campus.” – Yvette Lepe, 20, radio, television, film production

“I’d like to get a good understanding of how college works and try to graduate as early as possible so I can start going to a four year college.” – Ben Camacho, 18, undeclared

“I’ll say survive. This is my freshman year so I’m still trying to get used to it, but lately I’ve been getting the hang of it.” – Ryan Magia, 18, computer science

“Be able to catch up and finish. I ended up with a personal issue that set me behind. The honest truth? Just catch up and be able to pull this off.” – Allison Chan, 43, undeclared

“Since I’m a new student here at CRC, I wanna meet and connect with new people, probably join a club, and to obviously keep my grades up.” – Alyssa Bibar, 18, pre-nursing