 My name is Bailey Martin. I'm from Birmingham, Alabama, and I graduated from Mountain Brook High School in 2015. I'm a junior here at the university, double majoring in international studies and political science and minoring in Spanish. My dad graduated from UA and my brother actually just graduated, so it has always been in the back of my mind, of course, growing up, particularly in Alabama, a lot of Mountain Brook students and in-state students go to Alabama. Walking around, I felt this sense of community and knew instantly that it's where I wanted to go. Our students teach ratio 24 to 1, and that's all the classes that I've had, and that allows you to get to know the students because as you get closer to graduation, you start taking more major specific classes, so I've had some of the same people in my classes throughout. Specifically, UA has given me so many different friends that are not only friends, but support group. Ultimately, the classes have definitely made me more prepared and given me study skills and life skills, but like I said, you don't have to do it alone, so have great friends, and then the parents are still not too far away that they can help out as well.