Meet Mindy!

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It's in Pullman, Washington, which, if you're not familiar, is in the southeastern corner of this state. So about halfway between Seattle and Tacoma and I am double majoring in multimedia journalism and advertising, I'm just gonna tell you a little bit about myself and why it was I just w s u so a bit of background on Pullman. So the majority of the population of the town are the students, which is great, because in the school year it means everything is very lively and dynamic. No matter where you go, you're going to be running into people the exact same ages you. The other great thing is that no matter how big Pullman or it'll be us you get, it's still very much a small town. So all these people, you're gonna be running into our people that you know, and very often they're your friends. My college search process might have looked a little bit different than yours. I am a first generation student, meaning I am the first in my family to attend a four year university, and when I graduate in the spring of 22 I'll be the first to get a degree from a four year university. Because of this, I didn't really know much about colleges or the college admission process. People at W. S U was on that list because I had some friends a year or two older than me who had already decided to go here. I visited Pullman in the winter of 2016, which was very affectionately nicknamed Snowmageddon, which you can just guess where that name came from. My first memory of Pullman was driving in late at night. I tour another college earlier that day, and I decided to just make the drive down to Pullman's same day. I had this feeling of Wow, you know, this really feels like home, and at the time, I had no idea how right I waas. I showed up for my tour the next day, and it turned out it was just going to be me and my tour guide, and it was really great. She and I had so much in common, and we actually even looks like So when we ran into people that knew her on the tour, or rather when they came up to her, she just be like, Oh, yeah, this is my cousin and I'm giving her a tour, and I got to see these really genuine, these really authentic interactions between her and her friends, and I got to see how welcoming everyone was here and how much they really care about each other. Looking back, I didn't know what I wanted out of college or a college tour. I didn't have the words for it, but I do now and I know that what I wanted was to be part of a community. I wanted to be able to be who I am and be accepted for it and be seen. I didn't want to just be a student or a face in the crowd. I didn't apply to any small schools because I'm very extroverted. Being around times of people gives me a lot of energy. At the same time I was scared to fight a big schools because I didn't want to just disappear. You really gave me the best of both worlds because I am constantly surrounded by people and it's wonderful because all of these people are my friends. I'm always running into people that I know they're always stopping me and asking, Hey, how are you How are your classes? How's your sister? You know, they ask me specific questions and they genuinely care about the answers. You don't have to be just like me to do well here. You know, you don't have to be extroverted and outgoing if you're introverted and shy and you like to get the small circle or you only have a couple of interest. Here we take every kind of person there is because there's a place for everyone here. We try to help everyone here succeed whether we know them or not. There's so many phrases and mottoes to go with the school and one of these kooks help coax. That means when you're part of this ws you family, when you're a kook, you're going to help all the people around you as much as you can. All the people here, the faculty, the staff, the alumni, all of the other students, they're gonna do everything they can to help you way. Just want to see each other succeed because we're part of a family and I know I've said that a million times, and I'm droning on and on about the same one thing. If I'm going to give you a feeling of what the school is like, it's the one thing that I have to drive home. You know, I have to make this really, really clear, and it's hard because it's not something that can be put the words and I really want to do it justice, because it's what separates W's you from all of the other colleges and all of the other universities. You know, Pullman is your home, and it's something you always wanna come back. Thio if I'm going to give any advice if you're considering WCO, well, first, I have to say that you have to buy snow boots and you're gonna need way, way more jackets than you think you do like I wish I was kidding about these winters, but don't let them scare you off. Um, people like steel trays from the dining halls to go sledding. On a more serious note, the rial advice I can give you is just to be willing to try things and be willing to meet people. Even if you're shy, people are gonna come up and talk to you anyway because they care about you.