{"id":17565,"date":"2015-12-09T16:03:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T16:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=17565"},"modified":"2015-12-18T16:34:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T16:34:40","slug":"why-did-you-choose-bu-becausebaylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2015\/12\/why-did-you-choose-bu-becausebaylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did you choose BU? #BecauseBaylor&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17569\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/becausebaylor-dec15.jpg\" alt=\"#BecauseBaylor\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/becausebaylor-dec15.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/becausebaylor-dec15-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Why did you choose Baylor?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a simple question, but with an almost infinite number of\u00a0answers.\u00a0Earlier this fall, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beabaylorbear\/status\/664482849110794240\" target=\"_blank\">Baylor Admissions asked exactly that question on Twitter<\/a>; responses ranged from\u00a0practical reasons to simple gut feelings. Here are some of our favorites:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beabaylorbear\">@beabaylorbear<\/a> Best opportunity to live my faith, follow my career path and have fun doing it! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/becauseBaylor?src=hash\">#becauseBaylor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matthew Mastandrea (@mmastandrea16) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmastandrea16\/status\/665217487106084865\">November 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m going <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/becausebaylor?src=hash\">#becausebaylor<\/a> is a home away from home<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jessica Howard (@Jess1caHoward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jess1caHoward\/status\/664846440330493952\">November 12, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I chose Baylor because the faculty\/staff care, it provided an excellent Christian education and BU felt like home. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BecauseBaylor?src=hash\">#BecauseBaylor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; dev (@devidy_wright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/devidy_wright\/status\/666244633039519748\">November 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/sullivan_tay25\/status\/666307591178465280<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I chose Baylor not just because it is a family tradition, but because they have a strong Christian foundation! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BecauseBaylor?src=hash\">#BecauseBaylor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beabaylorbear\">@beabaylorbear<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Madeline Bergen (@Madeline_Bergen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Madeline_Bergen\/status\/666286807487655937\">November 16, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BettyMekonnen01\/status\/666288246326824960<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What about you? Why did you choose Baylor? Share your story on Twitter\u00a0using the hashtag #BecauseBaylor, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/alumni\/index.php?id=100076\" target=\"_blank\">submit your point of pride here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Bears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did you choose Baylor? It&#8217;s a simple question, but with an almost infinite number of\u00a0answers.\u00a0Earlier this fall, Baylor Admissions asked exactly that question on Twitter; responses ranged from\u00a0practical reasons to simple gut feelings. Here are some of our favorites: @beabaylorbear Best opportunity to live my faith, follow my career path and have fun doing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}