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FILENAME:	3408_1420_1389
TOPIC#:		324
DATE:		911116
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NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	4
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sd          A.1 utt1:  I was going to say, my, {F uh, } college  is Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota,  /
sd          A.1 utt2: {C and } our head  football coach, Dennis Muir <<phonetically spelled>>, used to be an assistant coach at B Y U. /  

b          B.2 utt1:  {F Oh, } really. /  

sd          A.3 utt1:  {D So } I thought that was kind of an  [ in-, +  interesting ] coincidence. /  

%          B.4 utt1:  {F Huh } <laughter>.  /
br          B.4 utt2: {D So } you went to what college? /  

sd          A.5 utt1:  {F Uh, } Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. /  

qw          B.6 utt1:  {C And } what did you graduate in? /  

%           A.7 utt1:   I ju-, - /
qw^h        A.7 utt2: in what major or what year? /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.8 utt2: major <laughter>. /  

sd          A.9 utt1:  International business. /  

bh          B.10 utt1:  {F Oh, } really. /  

ny          A.11 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qw^d          A.11 utt2:  {C And } you? /  

sd          B.12 utt1:  I'm going to B Y U,  /
sd          B.12 utt2:  {C and } I'm going into nursing -- /  

bk          A.13 utt1:  Okay. /  

%          B.14 utt1:  -- {C so. } -/  

ba          A.15 utt1:  {D Well, } that sounds interesting.  /
qw          A.15 utt2:  How long of a program is that? /  

sd          B.16 utt1:  Forever <laughter>. /  

x          A.17 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sv          B.18 utt1:  Seems like, anyways. - /
sd          B.18 utt2: It's about five years,  /
sd          B.18 utt3:  {C but } it's probably going to take me longer, because I didn't decide  to major in that until, <sniffing> {F uh, } about a year and a half after I was already in school,  /
%          B.18 utt4: {C so. } -/  

sd          A.19 utt1:  {D You know, } I read a study once,  /
sd          A.19 utt2:  {C and } it said that, {F uh, } like thirty-four percent of, {F uh, } college students actually  graduate in four years from a four year program. /  

b          B.20 utt1:  {F Oh, } really.   /
sv          B.20 utt2:  # That sounds. # -/  

sd          A.21 utt1:  # [ It took me, +  # it took me ] five years. /  

b          B.22 utt1:  Yeah <laughter>. /  

sv          A.23 utt1:  {D {C So, } } [ you just, +  you ] get started  /
sv          A.23 utt2:  {C and } you change your mind,  /
sv          A.23 utt3: {C or } you want to pick up a second major,  /
sv(^q)          A.23 utt4: if you're management, [ you, +    you, ] thought, [ I, +  I'll ] take that marketing,  /
sd          A.23 utt5: it's just only was three more classes --   

b          B.24 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.25 utt1:  -- {D you know, }  /
sv          A.25 utt2: {C and } [ you, +   just doesn't happen that you ] get out in four years. /  

b          B.26 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.27 utt1:  {C But. } -/  

qw          B.28 utt1:  {D So } what is your advice to --   

sd          A.29 utt1:  My advice [ is -- +    

+          B.30 utt1:  -- picking a college. /  

+          A.31 utt1:  -- is, ] {F uh, } look [ for, + at ] the  student to faculty ratio, {D you know, }  /
sv          A.31 utt2: if you're going to go to a college where student  faculty ratio is three and four hundred to one, I don't think you're going to have  as meaningful of a college experience as if you're down to the thirty to forty to one. /  

b          B.32 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
qw          B.32 utt2:  Is that, what was yours more like? /  

b          A.33 utt1:  Yeah -- /  

%          B.34 utt1:  Was there a, -/  

sd          A.35 utt1:  -- it was about twenty-six to one. /  

b          B.36 utt1:  Really. /  

b          A.37 utt1:  Yeah. /  

ba          B.38 utt1:  {F Oh, } that's great. /  

%          A.39 utt1:  Which is, {D you know, } - /
sv          A.39 utt2: [ it, +  it's ]  interesting,  /
%          A.39 utt3: {C but } [ it, +  it's ] - /
sv          A.39 utt4: what I thought was nice is [ you could al-, +  there was always ] time to talk to professor, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.39 utt5: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] they knew you. /  

b          B.40 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.41 utt1:  You weren't just in their class, {D you know, }  /
sd          A.41 utt2:  {C and so } [ you could, +  you could ] go talk to them in their office almost at any time,  /
sd          A.41 utt3:  [ {C and, } + {C or } ] if you ran into them in the student union or whatever, {D you know, }  you could sit down, talk to them about a problem.  /
sd          A.41 utt4: They're always willing to help you out.  /
sd          A.41 utt5:  [ {C So, } +  {C but } ] [ [ [ I, +  I's, ] +  I, ] +  I ] put that against, {F uh, } my high school  where we had, {F uh, } a biology class of three hundred and fifty students  /
%          A.41 utt6: {C and. } -/  

qy^d          B.42 utt1:  Wow, in high school? /  

ny          A.43 utt1:  Yeah -- /  

bk          B.44 utt1:  Oh. /  

sd          A.45 utt1:  -- it was a biology lecture class -- /  

ba          B.46 utt1:  Wow. /  

sv          A.47 utt1:  -- {C and, } {D you know, } [ it, +  it ]  just wasn't the same.  /
sd          A.47 utt2:  You're sitting there,  /
sd          A.47 utt3: {C and } you're taking notes  /
sd          A.47 utt4: {C and, } {D you know, }  you got a computerized test scores, multiple choice, because there's no way  they could correct [ a three hundred fifty point short answer test -- +   

b          B.48 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.49 utt1:  -- {F uh, } {D you know, } a three  hundred fifty person short answer test. ]  /
sv          A.49 utt2: {C And, } it just wasn't the same.  /
sd          A.49 utt3:  [ [ You, +  you'd run, ] +   you'd pass ] the teacher in high school  /
sd          A.49 utt4: {C and, } even in high school you could  say high to your teachers, unless you're in that biology class,  /
sd(^q)          A.49 utt5: {C and } [ they just, +   they'd ] look at you like, do I know you?  /
^q          A.49 utt6: or  should I know you? /  

b          B.50 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
b          B.50 utt2:  Yeah,  /
%          B.50 utt3: [ there's, +  it's, ] - /
sd          B.50 utt4:   the classes here are pretty big,  /
sd          B.50 utt5: {C so, } it's hard to get individual help <throat_clearing>.  /
sd          B.50 utt6:  It's kind of, you're on your own <laughter>. /  

qy          A.51 utt1:  Do you get, {F uh, } a lot of tutoring,  /
%          A.51 utt2: {C or. } -/  

nn          B.52 utt1:  No <laughter>.  /
sv          B.52 utt2:  Very little, {E I mean, }  /
%          B.52 utt3: {D well, } {D like } my, - /
sd          B.52 utt4: for example,  [ I have, +  I'm ] in a chemistry class right now -- /  

b          A.53 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.54 utt1:  -- {C and } there's tons of students in it,  /
sd          B.54 utt2:  {C and } there's one T A for the whole class. /  

x          A.55 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.56 utt1:  {C And } he only has certain office hours,  /
sd          B.56 utt2:  {C and so } there's only certain times you can talk to him,  /
%          B.56 utt3: {C and. } -/  

bf          A.57 utt1:  {C And } you could get there  /
bf          A.57 utt2:  {C and } [ his office hours could, + {E I mean }  he could have {D like } a nine to eleven in the morning office  hours ] and have forty-two people waiting to talk to him,  /
bf          A.57 utt3:  {C and } you still didn't get to talk to him anyway. /  

aa          B.58 utt1:  Right,  /
aa          B.58 utt2: yeah. /  

qw          A.59 utt1:  {D Well, } what would be your advice  to a parent of a child thinking of attending college? /  

^h          B.60 utt1:  {F Oh, } man.  I think your advice is good.  /
sd          B.60 utt2:   {F Um } let's see.  My advice would be to pick a major before you get into college <laughter> -- /  

sv          A.61 utt1:  That's excellent advice. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  -- {C because } [ I, + I ] didn't,  /
sd          B.62 utt2:  {C and } I took tons of classes that I didn't need to,  /
h          B.62 utt3: {C and, } {F um, } I don't know,  /
sv          B.62 utt4: I just feel like  [ I'm, +  [ it's, + it's ] ] going to take me a lot longer than, - /
sv          B.62 utt5: {C and } not that's always bad,  /
%          B.62 utt6:  {C but } it's, - /
h          B.62 utt7: I don't know,  /
sv          B.62 utt8: it's frustrating, I guess. /  

sv          A.63 utt1:  {D Well, } [ [ it, +  it, ] +  it ]  does get it.  /
sv(^q)          A.63 utt2: {D You know, } you get to the point where [ it's, + I'm ] never going to get done. /  

b          B.64 utt1:  Right. /  

sd          A.65 utt1:  {D You know, } {E [ I, +  I ] mean, }  I was taking summer classes  /
^q          A.65 utt2: {C and }  ((   ))  let me get out of here. /  

b          B.66 utt1:  Yep. /  

b          A.67 utt1:  {C But, } {F uh, } no,  /
sv          A.67 utt2: that's good advice.  /
sv          A.67 utt3:  Even if you don't have your major decided on, have an idea what you think you might want,  {D you know, }  /
sv          A.67 utt4: {D so } you don't want management,  /
sv          A.67 utt5: {C but } you think you want business, / 
