“It’s a great college, but it's not the best place for me”.
This is what I tell my peers when they ask why I am considering transferring to another college. Wheaton College is an extraordinary school with some of the brightest students and most knowledgeable professors in the nation. Deciding where I wanted to attend college and what I wanted out of my college experience was an immense amount of pressure placed on the shoulders of my then eighteen-year-old self. In the end, Wheaton College won out over all of my other options for several reasons. First, I chose Wheaton because it felt comfortable. Located in Illinois, it was only a six-hour drive from my hometown. Second, the small student population. I felt that I would be overwhelmed if …show more content…
Yes, I was making friends, but I came to understand that Wheaton may not be the best place for me. I appreciate what Wheaton stands for and provides for its students, but it is not what I am personally looking for in a college. I had thought it was the right place for me senior year when I enrolled, but I was mistaken as my goals in life have changed. As I’ve grown more independent being away from home, I’ve become aware of the fact that I want to travel farther from home and out of the midwest to experience life in a not-quite-so-familiar setting; I want my college experience to be more than studying and extracurriculars, I want it to be an adventure. Being a small, Christian college in the midwest, Wheaton College is understandably not as diverse as I would like college to be. Traveling to a larger college, outside of the midwest, would provide me with not only more diverse people but also more diverse opportunities. My passion for filmmaking has only intensified while at Wheaton. Wheaton has many strong programs, but nothing relating to filmmaking. I have no opportunity to pursue film at Wheaton and this is why I am looking to transfer to a school with a wider variety of programs including film. A career in Economics may seem promising, but filmmaking is what I dream to pursue. I admire so much about Wheaton, but it
This is what I tell my peers when they ask why I am considering transferring to another college. Wheaton College is an extraordinary school with some of the brightest students and most knowledgeable professors in the nation. Deciding where I wanted to attend college and what I wanted out of my college experience was an immense amount of pressure placed on the shoulders of my then eighteen-year-old self. In the end, Wheaton College won out over all of my other options for several reasons. First, I chose Wheaton because it felt comfortable. Located in Illinois, it was only a six-hour drive from my hometown. Second, the small student population. I felt that I would be overwhelmed if …show more content…
Yes, I was making friends, but I came to understand that Wheaton may not be the best place for me. I appreciate what Wheaton stands for and provides for its students, but it is not what I am personally looking for in a college. I had thought it was the right place for me senior year when I enrolled, but I was mistaken as my goals in life have changed. As I’ve grown more independent being away from home, I’ve become aware of the fact that I want to travel farther from home and out of the midwest to experience life in a not-quite-so-familiar setting; I want my college experience to be more than studying and extracurriculars, I want it to be an adventure. Being a small, Christian college in the midwest, Wheaton College is understandably not as diverse as I would like college to be. Traveling to a larger college, outside of the midwest, would provide me with not only more diverse people but also more diverse opportunities. My passion for filmmaking has only intensified while at Wheaton. Wheaton has many strong programs, but nothing relating to filmmaking. I have no opportunity to pursue film at Wheaton and this is why I am looking to transfer to a school with a wider variety of programs including film. A career in Economics may seem promising, but filmmaking is what I dream to pursue. I admire so much about Wheaton, but it