Personal Narrative Essay: The Future Of College

It is the summer before senior year. Casually chilling by the lake, eating ice cream, but then it hit me like a ton of bricks, college is a year from now. It was a crazy fact to think about. Applying to schools and scholarships was going to become a priority. Here is the real question: where to start? First, discover what size of college would feel most comfortable in. Next, choose a variety of colleges to apply for and visit them. Then, decide what college gives a warm, welcoming feeling and knowing it is the place to fit in.

Wanting to go Washington State University was a childhood dream. Whitworth University took over at the start of high school. Whitworth seemed the perfect size. As the search for other options started, a couple more places came into mind in Washington, such as Northwest University and Whitman University. Then something came across, which never would have thought of considering, Oregon state. There were 4 colleges around the same size as Whitworth, included Lewis & Clark College, Pacific University, Linfield University, and George Fox University. Lewis & Clark was brought up through a friend who went there and George Fox because it was recommended through one of the cross-country coaches in Chelan High School.

It was a weird experience to see a college campus for the first time because this was going to be life in a year from now. The next visit was to Northwest, which was okay. Then taking a glimpse at Pacific, which was loving. Then seeing George Fox another time, followed by Whitworth at a later time. Never had the chance to see Whitman, because it was too expensive and Linfield never came into play when it came to visiting. Northwest was eventually eliminated in my college choices because it was not a