Religion

I am familiar with Wheaton College. I was offered a full-ride scholarship there, paid for by the church I attended in high school. I investigated the school carefully, and declined that scholarship. The school has not changed in any way that would have altered my decision. I went in another direction - a direction I would have gone in even if I had attended that school. I was already on that path when it was offered to me.

Despite the attractiveness of a full-ride scholarship to me and my blue collar family, I could see that Wheaton was not a place where actual thinking was encouraged. The end goal of Wheaton students is generally the ministry. That was not an attractive goal to me, so after thoroughly checking Wheaton out, I simply declined.