Grace is a senior who hails from Elkridge, Maryland. After earning a scholarship to attend the University of Delaware, she says it made her decision a lot easier when thinking about what school to attend. In addition, the University Studies Program really drew her to attend UD as well. She reports that a lot of other schools she applied to made her choose a major, which she didn’t want to do since she truly had no idea what she wanted to do coming into college.

When first meeting with her UST advisor, Grace was able to identity interests in business, the environment, and health science, but didn’t really know where to go from there. At one point she was also leaning towards something in Computer Science or Information Systems, but after taking some of those classes, realized it was not for her and started leaning more towards the business side of things. She first had thoughts about Finance or Operations Management, but after taking MISY160, she found that the Management Information Systems major would be a great fit for her.

Grace notes that the best thing about UD is definitely the people. The relationships you make here are irreplaceable, so she recommends making a lot of connections. She has certainly done so herself as she stays busy with Greek life (Gamma Phi Beta), Women in Business, working as a Peer Mentor for UNIV101, and volunteering as a Peer Liaison for University Studies. She has also been involved in intramural sports and as a media relations representative for UDance.

Grace’s advice for other UD students is to “explore any interests you may have. I thought I had my major decided twice before I ended up with MIS. Since you usually have to take so many breadth requirements, you will most likely not be behind if you work with your advisor to create your schedule every semester”.