Personal Experience: My Experience At Furman University

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Moving out, meeting new people, enjoying the atmosphere you live in, challenging yourself, and getting the best education possible for yourself. That is what I am currently doing at Furman University; however, the road to arrive here was long and challenging. Naturally, my father was concerned about the cost of college, not Furman in particular, but college in general. Both my mother and I knew college wasn’t going to be cheap, especially for the experience I wanted. I was tasked with selling my father on the concept that college was going to be expensive, but it will all be worth it in the end because I will be getting the best education for myself and I will get the experience that I want.
This whole dilemma with my father led me to believe …show more content…

Not for me; I was ecstatic about sending my application to colleges so they can look at how great of a student they could have. Doing research about what I wanted to major in and then finding colleges that would give me the best education like Wake Forrest, Columbia, and Furman helped me narrow down my list of eligible colleges. I also applied to schools that I toured that I genuinely liked that had large Biology departments such as the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia. The goal I had in mind was to apply to a large variety of schools so that I could dig deeper into the schools where I was accepted and find the best fit for me. By fit I mean that I wanted a location that I enjoyed, an inviting learning atmosphere, and a college that does what is needed for students so that they can …show more content…

By less desirable I simply mean that for my GPA and academic capabilities, the school wouldn’t be a good fit for me. Also, why would I want to get used to taking easy classes and then transfer to a more desirable school and be at a disadvantage my junior year? Georgia Perimeter College is a college that accepts lower than average GPAs which leads me to believe that if I attended there, I wouldn’t be challenged and I would lose the skills that I have learned in my STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) specific high school. By attending a university that has a higher requirement for GPA and a lower acceptance rate, I feel like it would be more challenging for me and I would be able to use those skills from high school to further my education. So by attending Georgia Perimeter College and taking two years of their courses and then transferring to a more desirable college, I would be placing myself in a position to have a tougher junior year than if I had just gone to the more desirable college to begin with. I also believe that by attending a university for the full 4 years, I would be allowed to get an advisor my freshman year and begin to take the right courses, at the right time, from the start. This is a crucial part of my Pre-Med education because if I don’t take a course when it’s offered then there is the possibility that I’ll be forced to push back taking the MCAT, which is

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