I am currently a student a Macomb Community College and will be finishing up my Associate's Degree in May. With my time at Macomb coming to close it was time to start thinking about a major (because up until now I had absolutely no clue what I wanted to major in) and where I wanted to transfer to. As a transfer student, it is really hard to go from college to another, especially if it is a bigger university. But, It was finally time to try and figure out where I wanted to go to finish my college career. I had done my research and I had narrowed it down to Western Michigan University and Central Michigan University.

Trust me when I tell you, DO NOT show up on either campus wearing a shirt from the other school. They are bitter rivals; something I didn’t realize was so big until I got to Central.

When I first visited Central it was with my friend and I spent the majority of my time sitting in her dorm room or helping her pack up her room. It wasn’t until my transfer tour in the fall of 2016 when I really got to see the campus and see why my friends loved it so much. The campus was beautiful and I really loved it. I also got to meet a bunch of amazing people and speak to people from the College of Communications and Fine Arts.

Central had such amazing feel and it had the perfect program for me, but as I left I was still unsure if Central was where I wanted to call home for the next two years. So, I found myself on my way to Western to tour their campus too. As soon as I got on their campus I knew that it was not the school for me. I did not like Western’s campus as much as liked Central’s, and Western didn’t have the program for me. Little did I know, I really did find my home at Central. This coming August I will be an incoming junior (supposedly) at Central and I will be an Integrative Public Relations Major. It may only be February and I cannot wait to move up to Mt. Pleasant and start my time as a CMU Chippewa!