Xtreme Beginnings 2007 Evaluations
Student Comments
Students completed this questionnaire (PDF 104 KB) at the end of Xtreme Beginnings, before they left to go back to their schools.
Was the program worthwhile?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 2 |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 175 |
| 4 (excellent) | 248 |
If so how?
- I enjoyed everything
- Helped me plan more towards my career
- Yes, it really opened my eyes to more opportunities
- Well, I already know what I want to be, but it was interesting to learn about other careers
- It helped me think about my future
- Reinforced my decision to go into nursing
- I gained some important contact information
- I learned a lot about what to look for in a career
- Yes, this program is worthwhile; it gives students the chance to see whether or not their desired profession is right for them and to let themselves be known.
- I learned a lot about the business world and got lots of tips to succeed
- Very inspiring and informative
- It was a wonderful experience. I am leaving this activity with a new mind set.
- I got an outlook on all the possible jobs and opportunities related to the field I am interested in
- I had a lot of questions for the people in nursing and they helped me out a lot
Please rate the following sessions that you attended.
Practice Job Interview
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 22 |
| 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 123 |
| 4 (excellent) | 291 |
Higher Education Fair
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 21 |
| 2 | 104 |
| 3 | 173 |
| 4 (excellent) | 188 |
Employment Fair (Seniors Only)
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 12 |
| 2 | 31 |
| 3 | 68 |
| 4 (excellent) | 118 |
Skills Needed for the Future
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 8 |
| 2 | 39 |
| 3 | 134 |
| 4 (excellent) | 118 |
Work-Based Learning
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 15 |
| 2 | 34 |
| 3 | 115 |
| 4 (excellent) | 110 |
Getting Your Foot in the Door
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 14 |
| 2 | 32 |
| 3 | 106 |
| 4 (excellent) | 100 |
The Reality of Employability & Inappropriate Choices
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 13 |
| 2 | 33 |
| 3 | 91 |
| 4 (excellent) | 91 |
Career-Focused Round Table Discussions
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| 1 (unsatisfactory) | 12 |
| 2 | 53 |
| 3 | 187 |
| 4 (excellent) | 340 |
What session did you learn most from?
- Practice interview
- Employment fair
- Higher Education fair
- Commercial & artistic technologies
- Health diagnostic & nurturing
- Getting your foot in the door
- Business
- Work based learning
- SBI
- Public service
- Skills needed for future
- Public service/law & safety
- Biotech
Will this help you make better course selections as you register for next year?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| No | 81 |
| Yes | 403 |
Why or why not?
- Already registered for classes
- I'm going to college
- I am not interested in the medical field
- I've already made my selections
- They didn't have what I need
- Yes, because I found out that there are a lot of opportunities for me
- I need to take math & Biology courses
- They helped me narrow down my choices
- They told me what classes I can take in high school
- This program game me insight on possible careers
- It was good information
- Allowed me to see where I need to focus
- I am more sure of what I want to do
- I wasn't interested in many of the available career opportunities
What is the most important thing you learned today?
- To ask questions
- Everything
- The production behind the camera
- You can major in pretty much anything you're interested in
- A lot
- Opportunity to volunteer at hospital
- To make business cards
- How to become a successful career person
- How to prepare and choose careers
- I learned that the field I want to go into can take me to really interesting places
- The most important thing I've learned is to be confident in your interview
- Interview skills
- Get a lot of experience before you decide what you want to do
- Keep options open but go for your dream job
- To soak up as much info as possible
- Work hard
- How to talk to people
- Colleges are looking for well rounded & involved people
- To speak up during an interview
- To be motivated at whatever I want to do
- To prepare more for a job interview
Would you do this again?
| evaluation | number of responses |
|---|---|
| No | 40 |
| Yes | 380 |
Why or why not?
- It is a good opportunity and it helps you pursue your career
- Maybe
- Yes, I learned a lot
- Yes, I will be a senior next year and I might get more information or have more questions
- No, I got enough this time
- I already learned everything that this has to offer
- No, nothing I am interested in Meteorology
- No, I am going into the Army
- Didn't find it useful enough to find a job/career path; didn't have a chance to job interview
- No, things weren't organized
- Yes, it was fun
- It was a good experience
- It was fun and informative
- I enjoyed it
- Yes, it was very helpful
- Yes, you never know what could happen in the future. You should always keep the door open
- Excellent experience
- I learned a lot of new things
- It was a good social/learning experience
Can you suggest any additional topics for future seminars for students?
- Psychology
- Architecture
- More with journalism
- More colleges
- Federal opportunities / FBI
- Game design
- Film
- The arts & sciences thing needs to be split to be more specific
- People with more specific careers to talk in the table discussions
- More engineering topics
- More time and resources. More colleges with tables set up
- Modeling, fashion design, cosmetology
- It seemed that there were plenty of interesting topics
- Music production, music jobs
- I would suggest more time at the career fair
- More food industries
- Economics and banking
- Meteorology
- Dancing, modeling, acting
- Pyrotechnics
- Sports marketing
- Get more hands-on activities
- More science based careers
- Business Management
- Photography
- Stock Market Seminar
- Childcare
- Medical department to job fair
- Real Estate
- Law Enforcement
What was the best part about Xtreme Beginnings?
- The higher education fair - 21
- Job interviews 7
- Meeting different people -5
- Round tables -3
- It was really relaxed
- Health science seminar
- I enjoyed learning about careers and the different aspects of them
- Employment fair
- Interviews
- Learning more about medicine
- The best part was that I got to talk to many people who could help me out.
- Internships
- Talking to the nurse - 9
What should we change for next time?
- Being able to talk to the people that you are interested in
- Maybe try to get more interviewers so there won't be long lines of students waiting
- More time for everyone to do the practice interview
- Add more schools (colleges)
- Many booths were not set up in time
- More booths in the higher education room
- Nothing, keep everything the same
- Was told that there would be modeling agency wasn't. Disappointed no modeling or acting.
- The practice interviews need to be more organized
- Bigger variety of schools at the higher ed fair
- More variety of careers
- Maybe the interview time can be shorter at each station to help make the lines move more quickly
- Give more time between sessions
- I think the sessions should be more specific "Getting You Foot in the Door" too general.
- More college info, not just NC colleges
- More roundtable topics please
- Better cookies, more food
- More variety in higher education fair
- Interview transitions need to be smoother
- The interview process, I waited for an interview and never got one
- Make session changes more apparent, louder
- More time
- Everything was good!
- Trying to get students more of first choices. More college options if possible
- More hands on
Reflections from students the day after Xtreme Beginnings
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