My college visit to BGSU started out the same as any other college visit. I got up really early, rode in the car with my parents, finally found a parking spot, attended meetings and looked at countless display boards. Although the activities were the same, my visit to BGSU felt different from the moment that I stepped out of the car. Each person that I passed was friendly, each person I talked to was helpful, and I felt like people genuinely cared about me and my future experience at BGSU even though they had yet to meet me.

My initial impressions of the people at BGSU were only confirmed once I began to attend school there. Regardless of what I needed or wanted, a faculty or staff member at BG was more than willing to help me, even if that meant sacrificing their own time. In addition, I began to find that the students that attend BGSU demonstrate this same trait of friendliness and helpfulness.

The size of BG’s campus is, in my mind, the ideal college campus size. There are few enough students that you will always see a friendly face, regardless where you are on campus. In addition, you have the opportunity to make a significant impact on campus due to the smaller size. At the same time, there are enough people on campus that bigger events can be put on that will really impact the community, such as Dance Marathon.