Remembering the Class of 2008
Youssef Talaat
After students graduate, it is hard for them to keep in touch with everyone back at school. Students go their separate ways, and their memories are blurred with passing time. It is important to find out how the Schutz graduates are adapting to college and what they miss about Schutz. For this reason, we decided to contact the entire Schutz class of 2008 to learn more about their college lives.
Currently, more than 70 % of the class of 2008 is studying abroad. Suraj Baadkar is studying Computer Engineering at Pune Institute of Computer Technology in India. Laila Afifi is studying Management, and Hannia Zanana is studying Management/ International Business at Royal Holloway University of London. Tatiana Shehfe is studying Marketing/Psychology & Communications at Richmond American University in t
he UK. Karim Sayegh is studying Medicine at Ruprecht-Karl-Universitae in Germany. At the Untied States, Seif El Attal is studying Manufacturing Engineering at Boston University, and Wael Leheta is studying Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University. Tarek Talaat is studying Architecture at Boston Architectural College. Over in New York, Omar Zahran is studying Marketing Management at Pace University. Kara Newell is studying Elementary Education at Elon University in North Carolina. In the West Coast of the United States, Nour Kotb is studying Marketing at Concordia University. In Canada, Kartikya Pareek is studying Environmental Engineering at Carleton University and Seif Zahran is studying Business Management at Concordia University. At the American University in Cairo, Shereen Hassan is studying Biology/Pre-Med, and Ali Seif is studying Construction Engineering. Karine Aziz and Gelan Badr are both studying Industrial Engineering at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology in Alexandria. Roba Mahfouz is studying Economics/Management at the Alexandria-based branch of the London School of Economics. Tarek Ibrahim, who was ranked at the top of the class, joined the German military and had to defer university for one year.
When asked, the majority of the class said that they are adapting very well to college life. At first, some of them had trouble adapting to such a new and unknown environment, but once they got used to it and started making friends, it became better. One student, Laila Afifi, commented, "College life is great, very different from the bubble we used to live in. At first, it is difficult, but once the second term gets going, it gets a lot easier." Those who went to Europe and the U.S. had mixed feelings about the cold weather: some liked it and some did not. Overall, the class of 2008 is adapting very well to college especially in the second semester.
Most students miss the same thing about Schutz: the intimacy. They miss the closeness and familiarity of the Schutz family. They also miss the student-teacher relations at Schutz; very few professors know each of their students personally. Suraj Baadkar said, "The thing I miss about Schutz is the family environment we have on campus."
The environment at school is friendlier than the environment at college, and that is why most students had a hard time adapting socially to college life. Wael Leheta explained, "There are so many people in college that there is no way you can know everybody like we did at school." Most members of the 2008 class also miss the extra-curricular activities at Schutz, such as EMAC and ISAC tournaments, Sports Day, and Spirit Weeks.
The class of 2008 would like to thank the Schutz family for fully preparing them to meet the many challenges that come with college.
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