To begin, my name is Elliott Allen, and I will be a junior at Wabash College this coming Fall Semester. I live in the Delta Tau Delta (ΔΤΔ) Fraternity, and I am currently the Social Chair and Alumni Relations Chair within in my fraternity. While searching for a college, I wanted to find a college that treated its students as unique individuals and thinkers in their own right. Wabash College fell in my lap, and as I have come to find out, the learning that I am experiencing at this unique place has fundamentally changed who I am.

I am proud to say that I feel like am becoming a mature man, and that I have found an outlet to express my intellectual curiosities and explore my abilities as a creative writer. As a result, I have become more involved on this campus by joining groups such as the Sphinx club, Alpha Phi Omega, Eta Sigma Phi, and the Creative Writer’s Club of Wabash. Each these clubs provides a unique experience that can contribute to overall learning. That is my history so far, and I feel that I will grow stronger as a member of my fraternity, as a contributor to my campus organizations, and as a Wabash man.

That being said, my goals for this summer in the Admission’s Office are really up in the air at this point, but I still have my reasons for working in the office this summer. First, I have always helped, when I could, the college with recruiting students to Wabash College. In my hometown, Evansville IN, I attend Wabash events that are aimed at recruiting the next class of Wabash Men. This initially got me interested in the admissions process at the College, and I thought a summer position in the office would provide me with an opportunity to educate prospective students on what a Wabash education can do for them. But another reason for my undertaking in this position this summer is the new experience that it provides. As a writer, I like to expose myself to as many experiences as possible to generate ideas and thoughts, and I thought working in the office this summer would be an excellent opportunity. So far, I have learned a lot about the admissions process, and each day is an exciting challenge that I embrace and enjoy.