A Graduate's Advice for Surviving and Thriving at Pensacola Christian College
Recently I got an email asking for advice on meeting people and making friends as a new student at PCC, which was a bit exciting to answer, because I absolutely love stressing the importance of a freshman friend network. It can be a daunting task finding a friend group (especially if you’re an introvert like me, or if you don’t know anyone else attending), but here are five sure ways to build your freshman network at PCC:
Hi! Guest-writer Crystal here. I’m that art major roommate Jenneth writes about. This past year I graduated with a degree in Studio Art with a built-in Graphic Design minor. You might be getting ready to start that journey as an art major at PCC; or perhaps you’re still going through your list of possible majors, and art is somewhere on that list; or maybe you’re just desperately gleaning for any information at all on studying at PCC because you’re anxious about your first year here. Regardless of your reasons, I’m here to give you three tips for succeeding as you launch your undergrad art student career.
Continue reading “Guest Blog: Three Tips for Success as an Art Major”
First off, I want to apologize for not posting content during my unannounced hiatus during July. I did a lot of traveling over the past couple of weeks, including going to my first writers’ conference in St. Louis. (If there are any future professional writing majors reading this, definitely take a minute to check out Realm Makers, a Christian speculative fiction writers’ conference that is out. of. this. world.)
But now with that out of the way, I’d like to talk to you all about something a little different than the typical PCC post. Although I get a ton of questions about the college and its campus, I also get questions about the Pensacola area. What can you do? Are there fun places to go?
So here are top six best places that are unique to Pensacola you should totally check out.
Jenneth, here. Today I have a special kind of post I’m excited to share with you from Kaitlin Dilliplane, a Canadian PCC graduate and a close friend of mine. I asked her if she would be willing to write a quick blog post about being an international student and offer advice for incoming students who live outside the US.
Kaitlin graduated PCC with a professional writing degree in 2019 and now works as an in-house editor at Scribendi. She lives with her husband, Justin, whom she met freshman year at PCC.
I’m not your typical foreign student. I can’t tell you how many times my fellow PCC students and coworkers rolled their eyes and said, “You’re a lame Canadian friend.” In so many words, of course.
It’s true though. In many ways, I’m an incredibly lame excuse for a foreigner residing as a student in one of America’s states. While most of my elementary and high school years consisted of American homeschool curriculums and textbooks, I can’t say that my mind held very much historical or political information. Whether that’s because I was a horrible student and couldn’t remember facts or timelines for the life of me, or if it’s because I just couldn’t care less about anything beyond my self-made orbit, there’s no turning back now. School is wasted on the young, they say.
So, you can imagine when I stepped into the new world of Pensacola Christian College for my freshman year. I was almost 19, already older than most of my new peers–although that didn’t matter nearly as much as I like to think it did–and I didn’t know the first thing about the world. It’s hard enough being a new student in a new school, but being in a new country? That’s hard, you guys. Even in the most minuscule ways, although it’s different for everyone. But here are a couple things that I think will help a foreign student get used to going to Pensacola Christian College.
Continue reading “Guest Post: Being a Foreign Student at PCC”
When I was a freshman, I walked into my new dorm room terrified. I was an introvert who had never shared a room with anyone my entire life, and now I was going to have to share one with three other girls for the next four months. Worst of all, I didn’t know how to act around my junior and senior roommates. Was I annoying? Inconsiderate? Overly apologetic? How could I get them to like me?
Freshman year, I roomed with my best friend and neither of us had any experience in being college students, but the three years following, we were the oldest and were able to train our own incoming freshmen.
Having been on both sides of the equation, I’m going to give you three ways to make a good first impression to your older roommates.
Continue reading “How Do I Make a Good Roommate First Impression?”
You and your best friend have both announced that you’ll be attending the same college together for the next four years. You’ve got it all planned out. Life will be a party. You’ll do lunch every day together, go to basketball games, grab coffee every Tuesday.
And the best part? You’ll share a room. It’s like one, massive sleepover, right?
PCC: Declassified 