Essay On Loyola University

Loyola University. A school I want to be a part of. Loyola was the first school I visited, and one always remembers the first school that they visited. As my mother and I walked through the polar vortex, we encountered another daughter and her mother. We introduced each other, and it ends up that we used to live in the same area of Chicago; Oak Park. She told me that she was already accepted and was greatly considering committing. I started to get excited at the idea of being accepted to college, especially Loyola. I was beyond satisfied and happy by the tour of the campus. Our tour guide was a Sophomore at Loyola, and his energy really radiated. He explained that the sizes of most classes are small, and that allows professors to get to know their students by name and much more than classes of 100+
I want to be in a class where I build a relationship with my professors. I’ve always wanted to go to a large school, with over 100+ students, in order to hide in the back and not participate. Participation has always been a struggle of mine, but going to college is also about transforming as a student, and developing skills that might have been lacked during high school. Going to smaller classes will force me to work on my participation skills, and I very much so enjoy building relationships with my teachers. Having a relationship with a teacher creates a sense of comfortableness, and enjoyment to school. I believe that I have built a strong relationship between all my teachers during high school, even if my participation has lacked while doing so. I also appreciated that Loyola is environmentally friendly. Our tour guide showed us the cafeteria that had floors made out of corks, and chairs made out of bottles. We tend to take the world we live in for granted, and I think that Loyola is doing a great job in showing the importance of taking care of the