Seattle Pacific University Top Questions

I have found out who I am and what path I should be on in my life. I have grounded my faith, and plan to stay on that path. I have found my passion in life, both politics and French. I can explore outside of my majors because our requirements for graduation require it. Which I enjoy because I am interested in so many different things. My teachers are very supportive in everything I do, and really care about my future. I have had great opportunities to advance my education through hearing guest speakers, attending conferences, and having great teachers who will spend the extra time to explain concepts I do not understand.

I have learned to become independent and self-motivated. Since entering college I have new dreams and aspirations for my future. I know that working hard really pays off and my future seems so much brighter because I have goals. I have made amazing life-long friends and have had my ups and downs these past two years. It has been valuable to attend this school because I have grown in my faith and confidence and know that the world outside of school can be amazing when we look at our goals from a young age. I know that when I graduate I will be able to pursue my dreams because of the confidence I have gained. I have become focused on the future yet loving every minute of living in the moment.

After taking a year off of high school in order to travel and do humanitarian work in Haiti in Mexico, I chose to attend Seattle Pacific University, because I feel like its vision statement lines up with my own personal convictions. The depravity of the human condition that I have seen with my own eyes, has compelled me to work on behalf of humanity. I feel like SPU is a great tool that will train me to be fit to work for a non-profit organization. SPU has a great business school, with a unique emphasis on global development. SPU also has incredible professors who have graduated from universities like Harvard and Berkeley. They offer their own expertise to the field they profess and pour their hearts into teaching us students. I am grateful for the small classes that allow me to get a more personal education. SPU has truly impacted my own life and I look forward to the my future in non-profit business world that will be fueled by my education at Seattle Pacific University.

Through the career center, and experimenting with different intoductary classes, I have found my true passion. The Global Development studies major has constantly challenged me to be unselfish and use my oppurtunites to help the less fortunate. Learning about the "stupid deaths" such as children dying from diseases that we have have had cures for over a decade, frustrate me and fuel my desire to help others. The small size of the school makes it easier for it to be a srong community of students. We are learning how to put pressure on our elected officials so that they will use our resources for the common good of the people of the world. The chances to become more apart of the school are also very abundant. I am part of the school's worship arts ensemble, and it has not only improved my personal skills as a musician, but also to increase my faith in God and to be in community with strangers. Seattle Pacific University also has a great career center, where they will guaruntee some sort of intership before or after graduation. Seattle Pacific University is what I've been looking for.

The main advice I would give my high school self is to understand the privelege of an education in the United States and make the most of what it offers. This can be obtained through being involved in extra activities and optimizing on every academic opportunity. High School offers numerous extra curricular programs that provide experiences many will never have. Opportunities of sports, clubs, and social events are not only great ways to meet different people but they are also great experiences that can positively shape the future. Another privelege offered in high school is the academic and learning opportunities. It is important to make the most of every chance to gain knowlegde and take the challenge to not only strive for an "A" but to challenge oneself to thier full capability and potential. Keep the perspective to not measure success by the resulting grade but by the amount of knowledge gained. Remember to always be appreciative and recognize the privelege to learn in such a great environment with advanced technology. This advice to my high school self would not only prepare me for a better start to college but also help build character and knowledge needed for life.

The first thing I would tell myself is make sure that you are perpared to study hard. Work while you are taking classes so you don't have to take out so many loans. Never give up it will be hard but it will all be worth it in the end and don't let your advisor tell you that your major is not right for you. You are a bright young woman and are capable of anything you put you mind to. Also beware of the freshman 15 it could easly be the freshman 30. There is also things that I would not tell myself because many of them are very good expericences that I learned a lot from and everyone needs to learn a few things on thier own.

If I could go back in time to my high school self, I would tell myself to search harder for scholarships. Because of not having enough money, I couldn't afford to stay in on-campus housing for even a year, and I feel like I really missed out on college life by that. If I had had more scholarship money I could have stayed on-campus longer and made stronger friendships before moving off-campus as a junior. Also I think I would have told myself to make sure and step outside my comfort zone more when meeting new people, and to be friendlier. I am a very shy person, so I don't talk very much to new people I meet, and I think I have probably missed out on some very great friendships because of that. Other than that I don't think I'd tell myself anything. Other than the money issue and being shy, I have had a very great college experience! SPU has been great!

If I could go back and talk to myself I would tell myself to learn how to study. Studying in college is nothing at all like high school, it is ten times harder. I would also tell myself that I am capable of anything that I set my mind to. In college there are so many amazing people with new ideas and drives to reach their goals and help others create goals for themselves. I would tell myself that I should go for anything and everything I set my mind on. No giving up when it gets tough and stick it out, because no matter what I will make it through any of the hardships. The transition is not the easiest in the world, but go in with an open mind to meeting new people and make the most of the journey, because college is what you make of it. Also, college is not cheap. So work hard, get good grades, and keep on working so that way you can go wherever you want with less obstacles in your way. But even if there are obstacles, push through, they arent too great for you to handle. Good Luck!

College is a time of finding new friends, exploring career choices and discovering who you truly are. This is what most high school seniors have been told, but there is most to transitioning into college life. The first quarter of college is full of ?firsts? and ?news?. First college class, new crush, first paper, etc, but one problem that I ran into was a feeling that I was never warned about in high school. The feeling of the second quarter, this is a feeling of reality, a feeling of more class work and homework. The newness wares off and the actuality of different friends and harder classes set in. This is not a horrible feeling, but a shocking one coming from an exciting whirlwind first quarter. I wish that I had prepared myself mentally, physically and spiritually for this large change. If I could I would love to go back in time and tell the high school me to keep working hard Winter quarter even when the college experiences isn?t constantly fun or exciting because once you fight through you learn to be content, even excited, about the friends you have made and at the school you?re at.

The minute I matriculated to a college, everything changed. Used to four years of identifying myself as a knight ( my high school mascot), I began to see myself as a falcon (SPU's mascot). As I realized that my last few months of high school were a formality before starting the next chapter of my life, I began to lose interest in my current social life. It seemed as if every hug shared, every tear cried, and every hello in the hallway began to lose all its significance. Most of my peers were begining to feel the same way, knowing that their lives as indivdiuals were about to begin in a few short months. And looking back on it, those moments were relatively unimportant in the grand scheme of my life. I had a very difficult senior year and it was comforting to know that in college I could be whoever I wanted to be, it was one of the only times in my life that I had a truly fresh start. So I will forget the bad, remember the good, be excited for the chance to not make the same mistakes made in high school, and enjoy my individuality!