“I wasn’t really sure what college I wanted to go to, so I applied to NC State undecided, and I made it into the @ncstateexploratorystudies program. When I came to admitted students day, I really liked hearing about the program and how one-on-one and personal it was and how much they cared about getting you to make the right decision. So I chose NC State. My major now is elementary education. • What made me want to be an orientation leader was my past orientation leader. She was very kind and she really eased my worries because I have anxiety, so I was very nervous and scared. She gave a lot of helpful tips just about day-to-day life things at NC State that I didn’t know I needed to know, and it really helped me. • Predict my future? OK. I’ll be a teacher at a low-income school and hopefully through teaching there and through encouraging other well-educated educators to teach there, we’ll make a difference and the school will start to become more populous and students will have higher ...