Answer these questions based on your own life. Do you think that your answer is typical of answers that other students in this country might give?

1. Are you a full-time or part-time student?
2. How old were you when you started your university studies?
3. Is your campus large or small? Is it urban or set apart from the city?
4. Do most students on your campus live in a dorm? Off-campus?
5. When will you select your major? If you’ve already selected one, what is it?

Here is how a Hispanic-American student answered the same questions.

Nombre: Horacio
Apellidos: Durazo Mota
Edad: 21 años
Ciudad/País: Berkeley, California, Estados Unidos
Universidad: University of California, Berkeley

I am a full-time student at UC Berkeley. I began my university studies at the age of 17 and am majoring in anthropology. The campus is in an urban setting and is very large; it hosts about 25,000 students every year. Most students live on-campus only during their first year and then move off-campus.