We arrived around 3:00pm greeted by the admissions staff with smiles, information folders, and Concordia t-shirts. If there’s one way to capture the attention of H.S. students, it’s with free t-shirts. Then we were off to the start the tour. As many of my jokes fell upon straight-faced students, the staff, Dan and Tony, boosted my self esteem with their laughs.
One of the biggest lessons I learned through self-discovery upon attending Concordia is “Life is what you make it." I soon realized that test information was not going to be memorized for me, or setting up my class schedule was not the responsibility of my mom, but everything I did or didn’t do was purely from my decisions.
In life, not just in college, I am responsible for where I am today because of the decisions I made. That lesson was something I tried to explain to the College Readiness group. Explaining that whether they go to college or not is purely their decision and wherever they end up is because of their actions. I wanted them to start grasping the idea that their future is limitless, but their future is controlled by their decisions.
The point of this tour was ultimately about exposing the CR students to the future of attending college. If they are constantly receiving the encouragement to continue their education into college, hopefully they will consider the opportunity seriously, prepare themselves, and apply. Whether they attend Concordia or Texas A&M, I simply want these students to understand this message: “Life is what you make it."
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