Choosing the college for you is a little bit more complicated than just distance and financial aid. Making such a huge decision requires a lot of deliberation. While we all have our reasons for choosing Northern Arizona University, these are mine. Below are 5 reasons why I chose to go to NAU!
Downtown Flagstaff is probably one of the trendiest little areas I’ve ever been to. After checking it out, I was sold on living in this city. From shows at the Orpheum, to the Old Town Shops, and the various cafes, it’s a great place to walk around with friends. It’s a great place to people watch, and there’s often live music playing in Heritage Square. Whenever I have nothing to do, I like to go exploring the city streets. I always see something interesting. Last week, it was a drunk woman throwing her shoes at her boyfriend. But hey, sometimes, you have to take the bad with the good!
Let me just say, after my NAU tour, I was convinced I would never go to this school. It was snowing during Spring Break, we only got to tour the oldest buildings, and I had to sit in on an hour long lecture. Like, they seriously had me watch a lecture on the tour! As if I wouldn’t be spending hours listening to professors droning on in the future! I packed my bags and continued on in my college search.
However, a few months later, my friend Breana convinced me to visit her for a few days. While I was at NAU, I stayed in her dorm and looked at the places where students really spend their time, and I loved it! I still have her to thank for changing my mind. Sometimes an insider’s perspective is what you really need before making a decision.
I came to NAU with a sizable handful of scholarships, but the Lumberjack is the MVP of them all. It covers my entire tuition every year provided I maintain a 3.0 GPA. I didn’t have to apply or compete for it; It was given to me automatically as I had graduated high school with a GPA of higher than 3.5, had no grade lower than a B, and had taken the required core classes. This scholarship played a major part in my decision, as it does for many NAU students.
So a lot of my final college decision came down to ASU and NAU. This reason may seem a bit shallow, but I did contemplate it. At ASU, it’s constantly hot. The beautiful ASU girls walk around in short shorts to show off constantly tan, long legs. At five-foot-one and pasty white, I felt a little uncomfortable on the ASU campus.
NAU offers a different type of uniform; leggings, Uggs, flannels, cardigans, and beanies. This was something I could get behind. My self confidence is a major part of my life, and NAU gives me a better attitude towards myself.
Most of the people at my high school ended up choosing ASU. My best friends, the boy I liked, my speech and debate and theater friends…I seriously considered attending just to be closer to them. After a bit, I realized how wrong this way of thinking was.
College is about branching out and making new connections. To strand myself in the desert, in a huge city, to spend my time with the same five people I’d known for years, was crazy. While I miss them, I know choosing NAU was the right thing to do. I’ve been loving it here ever since.
*This is a sponsored post. All opinions are my own.
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