1. Nancy Lara
AVID student
#12
MY FRESHMEN YEAR AT
SAN JOSE STATE
UNIVERSITY

2. WHY I CHOSE SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSIT Y?
 Reason #1: It’s a urban university
 Reason #2: It is my opinion that going to a university
close from home is important because you won’t get
homesick
 Reason #3: I predict that San Jose State University is
the right university for me since it has the major and
the classes I need for my career.

3. BASIC FACTS ABOUT SAN JOSE STATE
UNIVERSIT Y
 University website: http://www.sjsu.edu/
 Location: San Jose
 Number of undergrad students : 24,804
 Public/private: public school
 Mascot: Spartan
 School colors: blue and yellow
 Year founded: 1857

4. ADDITIONAL BASIC FACTS ABOUT SAN
JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSIT Y
 Student body makeup:27%hispanic, 20 white, 5%, African
American, 3% other
 Requirements for admission : high school grades of “C -” and up
and get more than 18 points on ACT and more than 430 points
on the SAT
 Cost of tuition: In state- 6,828, Out state- 17,988
 Cost of room & board:
on campus 10,733
Of campus 12,414
At home 4,392
 Sports: basketball, indoor and outdoor soccer, football, softball,
tennis, hockey
 Clubs and organizations : art, dancing, music, etc...

5. MY FRESHMEN YEAR ACADEMIC PLANS
FOR SAN JOSÉ STATE UNIVERSIT Y
 My major will be fine arts
Some examples of classes for fine arts are:
1. Sketching
2.Fashion design
3.Computer design
SJSU Library
A club/activity that I can join to meet fine arts: art club
 Good places to study in are:
1.At home
2.Library(study rooms) –Dr. martin Luther king, Jr.
3.Campus grass

6. MY FRESHMEN YEAR EXTRA -
CURRICULAR PLAN FOR SJSU
Clubs
 I plan on joining the basketball team
 Some clubs that interest me are:
 dancing
 Acting
 Music
 A interesting place near San Jose State University is the Tech
Museum

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Information
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college -university -
search/san-jose-state-university
http://www.sjsu.edu/