It is my senior year here at APU, and I don’t think I am ready yet to accept the fact that I will be graduating in May. My time here in the School of Business as an economics major seems to have flown past right before my eyes. My experience in SBM has been a great one to say the least. When I stop and look back on the last four years in the School of Business I realize that I have actually accomplished quite a lot, even though it seems to have gone so fast. When I came in as a freshman I didn’t even think I wanted to be in business. That all changed however after my first business class. I realized that business was my calling and I dove right into it and never looked back. While my major has changed a few times, I jumped at the chance to become an economics major when the program was implemented my sophemore year, I have always retained my desire to go into business. My great experience in the school of business really can be attributed to the high level of involvement I have had.
At first I just wanted to do well in my classes, but I realized there was more I could and should be doing after Dr. Bezjian, the dean of the School of Business, challenged everyone in my principles of accounting class to get involved and take advantage of opportunities that may only be around while in school. I joined Scholars for Business Achievement(SBA) at the beginning of my second year here, and have enjoyed it so much that I have done it every year since. I have also been able to travel to New York with other school of business students for a week long economics seminar at the Foundation for Economic Education, and study abroad at Oxford University the Fall of my junior year. This past year I have also joined Students in Free Enterprise(SIFE). Being a senior this year is actually a lot harder then I expected. I am juggling 18 units with a job and my other extra-curriculer activities. However, I coudn’t ask for anything better. From the friendships I have made with professors to the involvement in many different activities, my experience over these last four years has been very fulfilling.
~Brett Friesen
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