https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae Made with fortitude en-us 2018-09-11 01:26:07 UTC 2025-04-24 18:23:06 UTC hello@padlet.com atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279667826 2018-09-11 01:27:42 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279667826 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279668947 Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted to attend the University of Illinois. My dad went to school here, and I started going to a football game every single year, starting when I was just 3. ]]> 2018-09-11 01:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279668947 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279670461 Besides growing up in Illinois, my family frequently visited Florida. I became a big fan of both their football and basketball teams, and as I got older, I always considered going to Florida for school. ]]> 2018-09-11 01:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279670461 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279670838 Besides Florida, I had a cousin who went to the University of Arizona. With a lot of family who lived close to the university, I really wanted to follow in his footsteps and go west to the U of A. ]]> 2018-09-11 01:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279670838 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279671854 Go Hawkeyes! Iowa really caught my eye because it was closer to home, but not too close. A good school, and a lot of people from my hometown went to school there. Why not join them?]]> 2018-09-11 01:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279671854 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279672627 As a huge sports fan, why not think Bama? Unreal at football, and one of my best friends was also thinking about going too. Not too far from where I visit in Florida. Roll Tide??]]> 2018-09-11 01:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279672627 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279672939 All of these schools seemed so great, and choosing where I would spend the next four years of my life wasn't going to be easy. Stay at home and continue on my family's tradition? Go to Florida? Fly all the way to Arizona? Iowa seems like a pretty good choice...but Bama sounds like fun, and my good friend IS going. ]]> 2018-09-11 01:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279672939 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279673677 All of the other schools were awesome options. But at the end of the day, there was no where else that I truly wanted to go more than Illinois. The day that I found out I got in and could be an Illini for life was one of the happiest days of my young life. And almost four years later, I feel the exact same way. ]]> 2018-09-11 01:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279673677 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279677434 2018-09-11 02:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279677434 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279678789 2018-09-11 02:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279678789 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679402 2018-09-11 02:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679402 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679539 2018-09-11 02:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679539 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679634 2018-09-11 02:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679634 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679738 2018-09-11 02:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679738 atkensonm https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679844 2018-09-11 02:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/atkensonm/pkxqn4xvyiae/wish/279679844