College, if they choose to go, can be a chapter in everyone’s life. Networking and making friends with other students, experiencing life away from parents and learning skills and knowledge that can be used as lifelong guidance, nobody’s experience is the same.

Humanities teacher Diane Boone is no exception.

Boone went to Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, majoring in English and minoring in French.

“I chose it because I was drawn to its small size (1,001) and the fact that it’s a liberal arts school,” Boone said. “My experience was amazing.”

The school had classes only as big as 30 students and as small as only three. The entire student body adds up to being only a bit larger than half the size of Wylie East.

“My advice for students is to keep an open-mind about other students, professors, classes, organizations and opportunities,” Boone said. “There’s a great big world out there. We just have to step into it.”

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