My college decision was far from traditional. I started early, taking advantage of the opportunities my high school gifted program provided to visit schools around my area of Western Pennsylvania. We visited two schools every year, mostly focusing on larger schools that many students from my public high school were interested in. Despite the fact […]
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My Late, Unexpected College Decision
My college search was one of the most thorough things I have ever done in my life—I worked with a professional counselor, visited about 14 schools, read plenty of books that detailed the “500 best colleges in the U.S.,” and bought more college t-shirts that would ever be deemed necessary for the normal human existence. […]
My Summer College Decision: Grove City College Was Always On My Mind
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 When I was a senior in high school, I made the […]
Jamaican me want to serve
Over this past winter break, I had an incredible opportunity to travel with eleven of my Grove City College peers to Montego Bay, Jamaica, where we served for ten days at the Robin’s Nest Children’s Home. Every year, Grove City offers the Inner-City Outreach (ICO) program, which facilitates over a dozen student-led trips to both […]
Transfer Process 101
We recognize that every transfer student has a different story and is in a different place in the transfer process. Because of this, our transfer application and the below steps can be done in any order. Start where you are! Any of these steps will let us know that you are interested in transferring to […]
Sociology: When Your Passion and Future Align
I believe God gives us specific passions for a reason and He will always use them for our good and His glory. When you find the place where your passions and the gifts God has given you align, He will always open doors and sometimes in places we are least expecting. I chose Sociology as […]
The Phantom Tollbooth: Community-Building through Laughter and Lessons
Every spring semester, the Grove City Theater department puts on a spectacular display of color, song, and dance. Pastels and primaries adorn the sets, catchy, hummable tunes resonate from the stage, and actors dart this way and that in choreographed numbers. The production just described is the annual Children’s Theater musical, Grove City’s musical dedicated […]
Opportunities Abound: Working on Campus
Whether you’re paying your way through college or need spare change for a cup of coffee at Beans on Broad, college students tend to have money on the brain. To paraphrase a famous web-slinger’s uncle, with the great freedom in college comes great financial burden. Now, you may be asking “How am I going to […]
So What is the Food Really Like?
This question is important. You all know that college food will not be like mom’s cooking, but you walk through the doors of every college’s dining hall hoping to find the closest option. The food at Grove City was the best I found on my college visits. Here’s a peak into what I eat on […]
A Capital Adventure
I’m now almost halfway into my third semester here at Grove City College, and the time has flown by! Every semester I am just shocked by the amazing opportunities and experiences that pop up for me. I regularly call my parents and list off a host of new clubs, organizations, volunteer programs, and fun […]