 My name is Mikayla, and I'm a sophomore at the University of Vermont studying sociology and economics with a minor in music. And this is why I think you should choose UVM. You can make a large school smaller, but you can't make a small school bigger. And I felt like that was really evident at UVM. I've been able to establish some really good communities, but I'm also being surprised every day because there's over 10,000 undergrads at school. So that is partly why I chose UVM, just because I'm able to find that small experience in the liberal arts community within the College of Arts and Sciences, but I'm still able to be surprised every day. Buildings don't matter to me. I don't care where I'm going to take a class. I care about who I'm going to interact with and who I'm going to meet. In terms of the people that end up at UVM, anyone can end up at UVM. 30% of students are from out of state, so it's not by any means just one population of people. We are very diverse, whether it be gender and sexual orientation, the students and the faculty and the university as a whole is committed to really working with those demographics to make sure that those demographics also feel welcome at UVM and to make sure that everyone who comes to UVM feels welcome and feels like this is a really nice community to be in and be a part of. When you're going to a college and when you're choosing your college, you want to think about where you want to spend your life for the next four years. You want to think about the people that you want to spend your time with and how you want to spend your time with them. And UVM is very much a community. It's not just a place where you go to your classes and you leave. Going back to UVM every year, going back every semester, I feel like I'm coming home to a family. I'm so grateful that I was able to meet some really amazing people and in addition to that, I was able to get involved with some really great activities. There's so many things that UVM has to offer.