EWOT #11

My EWOT for this week is from something that happened to me personally. I just transferred to Rochester this year from Purdue University. I was on the baseball team at Purdue as I am here. Rochester and Purdue are very different in terms of athletics. Purdue is a division 1 school with multi million dollar athletic facilities where athletics are a big part of the schools student life. Here at Rochester we are division 3, have a little above high school complexes, and are not valued by most of the student body here. When ever some one asks where I transferred from who knows I play baseball and I tell them Purdue, they give me a blank stare and ask me what I was thinking for leaving such an "amazing" athletics program. My reason for why is simple. At Purdue I was not getting a lot of playing time. Here at Rochester I have a great opportunity to get a lot of playing time. Also I am doing pre-med and Rochester has a better pre-med program than Purdue. My reasoning comes down to values. I value getting playing time and my education more than having the perks of playing baseball at Purdue. I'd rather play baseball and give my self a better chance to get into medical school than get little playing time, give myself a lesser shot at getting into medical school but get a ton of free things. My EWOT this week relates to values.