Experiences

Jeff Hunger's PSEO Experience

Jeffrey Hunger is currently a student in the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota. Here’s what he has to say about how taking PSEO classes in high school shaped his plans for college and career….

During my senior year of high school, I felt as if I had reached a stagnant point in my education. I had exhausted most of the course options offered at my small high school, and was experiencing quite a bit of boredom. It was then that I decided to investigate my PSEO options, which lead me to Anoka-Ramsey Community College.

It was at ARCC that I was first exposed to Sociology, a course which would eventually shape my path toward a Ph.D. in Social Psychology. Through only a few courses at ARCC during the spring semester of my senior year, I was able complete first-year college requirements that allowed me more course flexibility once enrolled at Hamline University. My only regret is that I did not pursue my PSEO options earlier in high school.
The benefits of PSEO are ample and diverse. For those who are at an indecisive point in their life, PSEO provides an avenue by which numerous academic disciplines can be investigated. For those who are more certain in their scholastic path, PSEO can serve to advance them within their discipline, providing the opportunity for a deeper academic pursuit once they reach their undergraduate institution. Yet for others it may provide the necessary challenge and rigor not offered in high school. Best, Jeffrey M. Hunger University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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