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So I chose to come to Western Oregon University 

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because I knew I wanted to get better attention and more focus from my professors

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and it's a lot easier to get more attention when you have smaller class sizes here at a smaller university

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rather than a bigger university. 

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So I became a double major in Spanish and Criminal Justice 

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because I saw the utility in becoming bilingual 

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because it's very important in this culture right now. 

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And I think I wanted to just expand my horizons a little bit. 

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What I like about my Spanish linguistics class is that we learn about sentence structure, which is very important to learning how to speak. 

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And it's also quite a bit of a challenge and I really love a challenge. 

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The best thing about the WOU faculty is that they care a lot about your learning. 

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They help you every step of the way. 

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And especially with Spanish they help me even before I ask for help they're already offering help. 

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So what I like to do when I'm not studying is hang out with my friends. 

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And what's really nice about this campus here is you can make a lot of friends in a lot of your classes

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and you guys can just hang out and have a good time. 

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My career goals are to go to law school after I graduate from Western with my double major in Criminal Justice and Spanish. 

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I am hoping to work with a law firm after I graduate from law school

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to help disenfranchised people in the criminal justice system which typically is a lot of native Spanish-speakers. 

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I would absolutely recommend Western to other students 

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because it is such a tight-knit community around here.

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You gain a lot of valuable friendships and relationships with other classmates and also with professors. 

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And you learn a lot from your professors inside and outside the classroom here. 

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La universidad de Western Oregon University es exactamente lo que estaba buscando. 

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