A letter to our community’s graduating seniors
by Nick Baez
As spring takes firm root across the country, many familiar scenes arise. Baseball season kicks off to the excitement of many, the predictable NBA playoffs begin, and folks can once again drive with their windows down. For many of our community’s high school seniors, the arrival of spring is also accompanied by the excitement of the college decision-making process, as offers from various universities start to arrive by mail.
By now, those of you for whom this article applies are finalizing your decisions with family and friends, and are looking forward to a future full of opportunity and inner growth. As someone who works year-round with students just like you, it gives me great joy to see our future as a community rest in your very hands. So as you begin to make a final choice on which institution of higher learning you’d like to attend, I wanted to give you some words of wisdom to contemplate for the next few years.
While you consider your college choice, realize that you are a consumer of the process. As a result, you should place mor