how different would your life have been had you not gone to U of I? Did you always want to go there? Was there another school that you would have wanted to attend?
Life would have been EXTREMELY different. Some of my most growing moments in almost all aspects of my life happened at U of I- educationally, spiritually, socially, relationally, physically, mentally... I'm not sure why, but I always had it in my mind that I would go to U of I since early high school. I never gave it a second thought. I actually only applied to 2 schools out of high school- U of I, and MSOE (and I didn't complete the MSOE application because I didn't 'feel' like writing the essay.) It was truly divine intervention that I got in to U of I and didn't get screwed by having no higher educational option at all.
A bonus was that my wife is from U of I- we definitely wouldn't be how we are if I didn't go there. :)
