My primary thoughts towards Gordon College were created during a prospective student day. It turned out to be a negative experience that created a pessimistic view of this school and carried on my cynical view of Christians. It’s important because had I continued with my previous bias I would have attended a secular college which may have been a positive experience but would have definitely lead to a drastically different life. During the prospective student day I was placed at a table with pleasant students although very judgmental parents. I didn’t directly have a negative experience with these adults however, their ambiance generated pessimistic views that I then associated with the school. At my table they gossiped about other prospective
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I didn’t come during a prospective student day with planned events or cool activities; my admissions officer wasn’t even on campus. The man who took us on our second tour was genuine and I feel very indebted to him for spending so much time with me. Unfortunately I don’t know his name so he’ll have to be called Jonathan. I think that ever since I was young I’ve always needed a lot of one on one. In school my teachers spent extra time helping me and I’d always stay after for extra help. So this was important. I asked Jonathan what he thought about the Christian environment and other things that were bothering me. He was refreshingly blatant, I asked him why he chose to come here and he said it really was about the scholarships. He even shared his testimony and I was able to share that I wasn’t a Christian at that time while other admissions officers automatically assumed that I was. So this kind of real conversation really aided my change of heart towards this school. Looking back I am sure that had I been put with others I probably would have made sweet memories. I let these short amounts of time control my view of this school when I didn’t even stay for the entire event to try and give myself enough time to change my mind. More than that I wasn’t a Christian when I visited so I was probably carrying a heavy suitcase full of my own bias that I was expecting maybe even hoping
I didn’t come during a prospective student day with planned events or cool activities; my admissions officer wasn’t even on campus. The man who took us on our second tour was genuine and I feel very indebted to him for spending so much time with me. Unfortunately I don’t know his name so he’ll have to be called Jonathan. I think that ever since I was young I’ve always needed a lot of one on one. In school my teachers spent extra time helping me and I’d always stay after for extra help. So this was important. I asked Jonathan what he thought about the Christian environment and other things that were bothering me. He was refreshingly blatant, I asked him why he chose to come here and he said it really was about the scholarships. He even shared his testimony and I was able to share that I wasn’t a Christian at that time while other admissions officers automatically assumed that I was. So this kind of real conversation really aided my change of heart towards this school. Looking back I am sure that had I been put with others I probably would have made sweet memories. I let these short amounts of time control my view of this school when I didn’t even stay for the entire event to try and give myself enough time to change my mind. More than that I wasn’t a Christian when I visited so I was probably carrying a heavy suitcase full of my own bias that I was expecting maybe even hoping