[nabs-l] A Question for the College Students

[Joe]

The things I would have told my college self:

1. Be smart about the student loans you take out. Never take them out for
the wrong reasons, and be generally wise about your spending habits.

2. Begin advocating for yourself now: about everyday assignments, about
semester exams, about standardized exams, etc. The more you rely on yourself
to get what you need, the better off you'll be in battling it out with idiot
administrators in college. And, yes, this means advocating and requesting
your own books in an accessible format.

There are hundreds of other things. Follow my blog if you're interested in
others. In many ways it's notes I wish I could have pounded into my younger
self. You'll do great.

Joe

--
Musings of a Work in Progress:
www.JoeOrozco.com/

Twitter: @ScribblingJoe


-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
via nabs-l
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 7:22 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] A Question for the College Students

Hey Fellow NABSters,

As many of you know, I am currently a junior in high school who is beginning
my college search and the long journey of preparation for this transition. I
have an IEP meeting coming up and I'm trying to come up with appropriate
goals for me in the coming year. At this time in my life, I would like some
input from those of you who are currently in college. If there is one key
skill which you wish you would have learned in high school and needed for
college, what would it be? I'm trying to be as proactive as possible in
preparing for college and setting the goals which will best help me do so,
and the experiences of current college students would be a great help to me.
Thank you in advance for your advice and perspective. I look forward to
hearing from you soon.

Chris Nusbaum, Vice President
Maryland Association of Blind Students
Coordinator of Social Media, National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
Twitter: @Chrisn98, @MDMDABS, and @NFBMD

"The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people,  because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness need not hold you back." -National Federation of the Blind One
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