"In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do. The worst thing you can do is nothing."- Teddy Roosevelt
As many of you may know already, KU wasn't my first choice. Four years ago, I was adamant about going to William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo. So much so that I didn't apply to any other universities except WJC. After a month or two there, I quickly realized it wasn't meant to be.
For one thing, and probably the most important reason, my major didn't emphasize what I really wanted to do: TV broadcast. I was a Multimedia Communication major with an emphasis in radio braodcast. I think it's implied by the italics that that wasn't exactly what I saw myself doing. I had fun, though, being a DJ on the morning show, The Morning Rollout, with three other students. Yet when it came down to it, I wasn't happy with my major or the school. So I decided to transfer.
KU should have been my first choice. Thank goodness I realized my mistake.
Photo: Sarah Carr
My parents, however, made me stay for the rest of the year thinking it might grow on me. It didn't. In late winter I visited KU, applied during Spring Break, was accepted by April, said goodbye to Jewell in May, and haven't looked back or even regretted transferring since. Coming to KU and getting into the William Allen White School of Journalism was the best decision I could have made.
I have acquired writing, production, and online skills that I know I wouldn't have been exposed to at Jewell, or at least not as in-depth and hands on as they teach them here. The J-School gave me a much brighter future than I believe I would have had from Jewell. I feel ready to work and even sometimes ahead of the game.
My future may not be in TV broadcast, but it doesn't matter. With a degree from KU's Journalism School, specifically in News and Information, l have the fundamentals, skills, and experience to do pretty much anything. I can't wait to get out into the real world and use what I have learned here to make the next best decision of my life!
And we're glad you came, too.