In Their Own Words: Seton College Students on their First Day of Classes

On the first day of the first year of Seton College at the University of Mount Saint Vincent, CTB sat down with four members of the inaugural class to talk about why they chose Seton and their hopes for the future.

Note: Responses have been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Israel A.

“When Ms. Infinite [Seton College’s Admission Counselor] came to my school and she talked to me about this program, and told me what it offered, I'm like, ‘I can't let it slip away.’ I must do this, because nobody in my family graduated from college. I want to break that cycle. And to start, I said, let me see how the associate degree goes. Let me see how my two years go. And if it goes very well, I'm going straight to a four-year and then I’m going to keep going, because I don't want to stop.”

Sade N.

“Seton College is designed so I can graduate debt free, and then I can continue on to my four-year degree, or I could just continue with the associate degree that I'll have at the end of the second year. But I also really felt like this college really cared, because I know the transition from high school to college is a bit different, they let go of you more, and you're more on your own. But I really like the fact that when it came to the acceptance, they delivered my letter to my school. It made me feel like they really cared, I felt more appreciated, rather than just getting it through the mail.”

Jaden B.

“I selected Seton because I knew that it was something being implemented for the first time. There wasn’t a graduating class from here yet. I love basketball, and I looked at it as, let's say, a jersey. That’s the best way I can explain it. I feel like there's a chance to have your jersey retired first. There's a chance to have a scoring record…And I want to leave something behind, to set the bar, and students coming in could say, ‘He graduated from here,’ and that could be a goal, something to strive for. And I feel like it could foster a lot of growth within the students, within the College, and just growth in general.”

Jaremir S.

“My advisor told me, ‘The school that chooses you should feel like home,’ and Mount Saint Vincent felt like home. I like the environment, the campus, the opportunity that they gave me with Seton, I couldn't give it up…I'm excited to be in college. I feel like this is a whole new, different environment than high school. And this is real life, this is my next big step into my next chapter.”