# @macjournalism on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C77ljzQPNGC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18735186-macjournalism-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-06-07T22:21:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McCallum Journalism (@macjournalism) — https://gondola.cc/macjournalism

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After applying to nine other schools, graduate Sofia Rios was dead set on living in Seattle and attending the University of Washington. Rios was attracted to the university’s extensive math and science programs and the city’s atmosphere.

After a vacation to Washington over winter break, Rios was struck by the campus’s beauty. Rios loved walking around the old buildings and out-of-bloom cherry blossom trees and described it as like a movie.

“I loved the really old academic look to it because it was built in the 1800s,” Rios said. “It’s one of the oldest schools in the Pacific Northwest, so it not only looks like the movie version of college but also the scenery is just beautiful.”

Rios is not only excited to find a new niche in Washington but also to continue learning about her favorite subjects: math, science and ceramics. 

“I’ve always thought I was going to move there anyways, later in life,” Rios said, “plus, they have a really great ceramic scene in Seattle.”

Although she is going into the fall semester as an undecided major, Rios has been accepted into the College of Natural Sciences and will most likely reapply and aim for a math or statistics major.

“My time at McCallum has definitely given me an example of how I need to balance my life academically and artistically,” Rios said. “Being a visual arts major and having it already incorporated into my school life has given me a really good foundation, and now that I’m off to college, I know how to split my time between the two.”

Caption by Maggie Mass. Photo courtesy of Rios.

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