We Are a Hoosier Family

 Cameron spent a lot of time this week debating the next step in the college application process - the decision.  Although he did not officially have to enroll in either Florida or Indiana until May 1st, there was an advantage to making the decision soon.  That was especially true if he wanted to go to IU as they would not let him sign up for orientation until he had paid the $100 enrollment fee.  Registering late for IU’s orientation greatly lessened his chance of getting the classes that he wanted.  It would also almost guarantee 8 a.m. classes for Cameron’s first year of college.  Thus, we encouraged him to weigh the pros and cons and come up with a decision before the end of the weekend.

Cameron told us how he felt about the two colleges - he was excited about the the Hutton Honors College.  He could see himself at IU and felt extremely comfortable with Bloomington.  He wanted a career that involved quantitative reasoning and felt that he could do that inside of the Kelley Business School.  He also said that what was delaying the decision was that he felt very guilty about turning down an offer from Florida as overall it was the better school.  He thought the students there were a lot like him, but he just didn’t see himself there.  Doug told him that could respect his feelings, but that he should never make a decision based on guilt.  I agreed with that.  

After our discussion, we all realized that Cameron had made his decision awhile ago.  We encouraged him to enroll at IU before he left for his senior trip.  Thus, this afternoon before we left for Bloomington, Cameron made it official.  He will be a Hoosier in the fall of 2023 and we couldn’t be more proud of him.  As I looked for pictures to add to a social media post announcing his decision, I knew that it was where he was meant to be.  Eighteen years of visiting Bloomington had endured him to the area.  He was a huge supporter of the Hoosier sports teams, had a lot of resources surrounding him to help him succeed and was confident in his ability to navigate IU.  We could now proudly state that we were “a family of Hoosiers.”