“man I love college”- Asher Roth
My name is Dalton Willis, I am currently a freshman at Capital University and I am a communication major. Yes, the “easy” major. As I am not yet narrowed down, in these next couple of years I hope to explore my interest in film, writing, social media, design, and any sort of PR I can get my hands on. I come from Columbus, Oh where I graduated from Hamilton Township High School (http://www.hamilton-local.k12.oh.us/highschool_home.aspx). In High School I was outgoing and was friends with pretty much everyone. I try to leave a positive impact on anyone that ever associates with me as I believe that there is no time for negativity and that we should really appreciate everything that we have in life. As my senior year quickly came to an end the pressure of choosing a college was heavy on my shoulders. Here is a video that I made during my senior year about this whole process, (https://youtu.be/wVFs-vUtpJM). Do I want to keep playing soccer? Stay close to home? Get out of here? I had it down between Ohio Dominican and Capital. I had a visit to Cap on a Saturday and a visit to ODU on the Sunday following. As we pulled into campus for the first time at Capital it just felt right (very cliche and teenage girl of me to say but it did). Savanna Edwards from the Odyssey Online states that “Picking a college can be an intimidating process. It is a huge decision you are expected to make based on information sessions, campus tours and sometimes without even seeing the school. If you pick the right one though, then college feels a whole lot like home.” (Edwards) She is completely right as I can personally say that the feeling was like no other, just felt like home and I wanted to be there. The environment made me excited to learn and to meet new people. I didn’t even attend the ODU visit as I enrolled into Capital University that day. Although I was nervous about college and recreating who I am, my experience here at Capital has been one to remember as I’ve made new friends and found more out about myself than I ever have. I can’t wait to see myself in four years when I can walk out of the gate and say that I graduated from Capital University.
During my first semester I feel that I have already grown so much and I have learned so much about myself that I never knew. The common app website states that “College is about defying expectations, breaking the mold, and finding yourself.” (common app) (https://www.commonapp.org/why-go-college). I couldn’t agree more, It’s crazy to me that one semester can make you feel this way and I can’t even imagine what I am going to feel in four years when this is all finished. Not knowing anyone was a blessing in disguise as I have noticed that college me is way happier than High School me and I thought that was going to be the best time of my life. Not knowing anyone allows you to experiment and explore what you are really interested in. All of my classes have taught me so much already, I can talk in front of 30 people without messing up my words, I can be myself and still fit in, I love film way more than I thought that I already did, and best of all, I can get an A on a paper that I do an hour before it is due. Just like Asher Roth, I Love College and I’m nice right now man. So even though I was nervous about college and recreating who I am, my experience here at Capital has been one to remember as I’ve made new friends and found more out about myself than I ever have. I can’t wait to see myself in four years when I can walk out of the gate and say that I graduated from Capital University.
