"While there are various reasons while I ultimately decided that I needed to transfer from my previous college, there is one reason that I continue to come back to, and that is the one of trust.  Without going into detail, during my last semester there, I was a witness to a great deal of hypocrisy, lying, irresponsible behavior, and just general immaturity; actions which are all often just a part of life.  However, it was the inability of those in the higher authority (therefore they carried the burden of a greater responsibility) to acknowledge their wrongdoing and try and change their behavior, that caused me to consider changing my choice in a college.  Men that I had previously admired lost a great deal of my respect, not because I was suddenly made aware that these men weren’t perfect but because of their dishonesty in various respects.  Essentially, any bond of trust that had previously existed was broken and because of the unique situation and place that my college was at at that time, naturally made everything that happened more personal and much harder to ignore just so that I could finish two more years and then graduate. 

In respect to whether or not my previous college was a good fit or not is not a simple yes or no answer.  I believed in what the college said that it was trying to accomplish.  I agreed with its mission statement, its vision, and its distinctives.  So in theory it was a good fit for me.  And yet, because it was so young and not very established yet, there were a lot of underlying disagreements as to how these goals were practically speaking going to be accomplished.  As the disagreements began to become more obvious to everyone and as issues became more controversial it only indicated to me that it did not seem that one side of the argument (that of the official position of the college as espoused by the administration) really was in congruence with what the college was saying they were really doing.  Very simply put, in numerous cases one thing was being said but then another was actually being done. 

As such, I did not think that I could in good conscience stay somewhere that was not only acting contradictory to what it claimed to be but also never indicated a desire to admit wrongdoing in various areas or a willingness to hold themselves more accountable to try and change things.

Now that I have left my former college with the intent of transferring, I have found that I know more about what to look for and expect in a college whether Christian or not.  And while, my previous college situation did not work out, I have found that I do not regret my decision to leave."

~A.