Comparing Oral Roberts University And Oklahoma Wesleyan University

As I look into my future as a senior in high school, I am looking into an entirely different lifestyle. At this point of my life, I have new friends, new experiences, and I am at the peak of the excitement as a young adult. However, what I do not know is what University I will be attending to come upon this new and exciting part of my life. The two universities that I have chosen to evaluate to prepare for my attendance in the fall of 2016 are Oral Roberts University and Oklahoma Wesleyan University. I applied to both colleges and I have received an acceptance letter from each university. I do believe that each of these colleges could help me strengthen my character. As of now I will choose the University that will assist me in making my future

According to collegefactual.com under their section about Oral Roberts University As of February of 2013, ORU was “ranked #288 in ethnic diversity nationwide, with a student body composition that is far above the national average.” I can only imagine how much more diverse this prestigious university has grown throughout these couple of years. According to the same website under the section about Oklahoma Wesleyan University, at this same time, OKWU was “ranked as #625 in ethnic diversity nationwide, with a student body composition that is above the national average.” It is obvious the ORU beat OKWU enormously when it comes to the diversity of the student body. Another crucial part of the college’s diversity is when it comes to the ages. I would much rather attend a college that has a greater population in students that are around my age; however I would love to have insight on an older crowd of people as well. At ORU, I would have a chance to do so much more than if I were attending OKWU because of how well rounded ORU is with their diversity of age. Based upon collegefactual.com under their article about ORU it states, as of 2013, “ORU had 63% of their undergraduate students within the ages of 18-22” compared to OKWU; they only had “36% of students in that age bracket”. Upon comparing the two, I

Since we are going to college in order to increase our knowledge as well as gain professional experience for when we get ready to go into the work force the academic standard for each college or university should be high. According to Lakisha Robinson-Murphy, A former ORU Student, “This University has very high expectations, they take their academics extremely seriously and will give you all the tools you need to succeed. However, it is your choice whether or not you decide to use these tools.” All of these tools would be inevitably useful when it comes to not being put onto academic probation. On www.oru.edu.com/academics, it states “Students are placed on probation if they fail to complete at least 75% of the hours attempted for the previous two semesters.” On this same website it briefly mentions that if a student is placed on probation then they may be temporarily out of sports in addition to the possibility of losing their scholarship. At Oklahoma Wesleyan University, as stated on their webpage marked under ‘academics’, “Students on academic probation are required to develop accountability and monitoring plans during the first week of classes. These students will meet with the Director of Student Academic Services to complete a probation contract. This contract will include at minimum 4 hours a week of monitored study in the SAS for students taking 12