APU Personal Statement

I hail from a very small town (roughly 2000 people) called Walkerton in northern Indiana. My adventure started my junior year of high school. It was at this time I decided that I wanted to major in film production in college. In Indiana there is really no school that is well known for film, and I knew in order to take this career decision seriously I needed to head to California. It was after this realization that my girlfriend, a senior, mentioned she was considering Azusa Pacific University. Due to financial reasons she was unable to attend after she graduated, however, after researching the school I found the school to have an excellent film program and I knew that is where I needed to go. I seriously had considered attending USC, and academic wise I most likely would have gotten accepted; however, my own family’s financial situation would not allow for this. Although financials did play a role in the decision, I did not feel a true call to USC, I felt I really was being called to APU. Even after feeling this call to APU I struggled with making the big steps to moving to a place where I know no one. Even though I am missing the presence of family, if I wouldn’t have came I knew I would have still been having an empty …show more content…
My mom, bless her heart, is not a good city driver, and gets nervous in new places; this is why having Evan with us would be a tremendous help to us both. We were able to have fun seeing sights and we were able to smoothly move me into my dorm room. In our moments together my brother-in-law gave me pieces of advice he had learned when he was on his own. He helped me to be unafraid of being by myself. However, he was not my only mentor during this process. My biggest mentor my entire life has been my mom. During our time here, she gave me advice about knowing when to call for help, knowing I had people I could talk to. Having to say goodbye to her has been the hardest thing I have ever had to