 Hey, I am Madison Plieman. I am from Trustville, Alabama. I am currently a junior majoring in mechanical engineering and minoring in math and business. The summer before my senior year, I came and toured here. It was my first time coming to campus, my first tour ever, and I immediately fell in love. I looked at my mom and was like, this is it. This is where I'm supposed to be. My tour guides were so amazing. They were so nice and everyone was just so welcoming. My freshman and sophomore year, I wasn't quite involved that much, but then the summer of before my junior year, I got involved with Avanti, which is orientation leaders here on campus, and that totally changed my experience here at UA. I met so many people I never would have met if I wouldn't have gotten involved with that. My advice for people who are considering UA, if you think that it's somewhere you want to go, but you're not sure, just make sure your decision is based 100% on you. Don't follow your friends, don't follow your boyfriend, your girlfriend. Just make sure you're coming here because it's where you want to be because that totally affects your experience. If you're here because you want to be here, you will have a much better experience than the set of you if you were to follow someone.