Dear transfer students,
I know what you’re going through. I started my college journey pursuing a degree in Elementary Education at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Great school, even better people. This country girl even joined a sorority and made some great friends, but there was one major component of my life that was missing… agriculture. I guess maybe it took me leaving my farm and all of its animals for me to realize how big of a part of my life agriculture is. What was I to do? Despite UNK’s neighbor being a corn field, they didn’t offer ANY agriculture majors. I loved my time spent with my “sisters”, but them not knowing the difference between a steer and a cow made me realize I had to do something. I started to look for the right college for me. I had a whole week of college tours lined up in Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska. My first visit was here at the University of Wyoming. I fell in love. I knew this is where I wanted to be. I sat down with my parents eating ice cream at the Big Dipper downtown and told them I wanted to cancel the rest of my tours. That was the easy part, now I had to actually transfer. I can hardly decide between Taco Bell and Taco Johns let alone leaving all my new friends behind and transferring to an unknown college. Originally, I am from Western Nebraska so UW is only a couple of hours away (big bonus), but not a lot of my peers went to UW (none that I was friends with). But, I was obsessed with the idea of pursuing an Ag career. So, I did it. Now, I am about to start my third year here at UW and I couldn’t imagine being anything but a University of Wyoming Cowgirl. Plus, I may be bias, but I have some of the best friends a girl could ask for.
So, for all of you who are either thinking of transferring or are about to start your first semester here at UW. Do it. Just do it! Coming from someone who doesn’t even like to go to the grocery store by herself, it’ll be the best decision you’ve ever made. Join me and the rest of my peers here at the College of Ag and Natural Resources.
Emily Poss
