 As an out of state student, I was terrified about having to make a whole new friend group. I didn't know anyone when I came to the University of Alabama, and within one day that changed. I had a great group of friends, I felt acclimated to campus, and I just had so many opportunities to get involved. I chose UA because I felt like this school had the biggest community for me, but also for the Create Path to the MBA program, because I knew that it would heighten my undergrad degree and find arts, but also allow me to pursue marketing in the future. The Create Path to the MBA is a very unique program. To me, it is a way for me to combine a creative aspect with also partnering with people in class that have different backgrounds for me. I've been in different group projects where I'm partnered with a microbiome major, and I know nothing about microbiome, but you have to make it work. With the Create Path to the MBA, you can specialize, and for me, I specialize in strategic management and marketing, and so going into career with marketing with a creative approach is really beneficial, but also, if later on in life I decide that I want to teach art, that's also a possibility. And coming from an art background, it's interesting applying to a marketing position because they see an art background and they say, hey, how does this apply to marketing? But then, within your resume, you can say, hey, I've done all these pitch ideas for businesses, I've worked with NASA patents, all these different innovation projects, which really set you apart as a candidate.