U-Prep 101

Practical Guidelines for College Preparation

Meet Aaron

Aaron Mahl serves as Director of Admissions for Trinity College. Including his current role, Aaron has more than seven years of professional admissions and higher education experience.

He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Communications and Master of Science degree in Higher Education Administration. His master's thesis studied the relationship between motivation and the persistence of admissions professionals at four-year private institutions.

Aaron is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree program in Higher Education and Leadership through Azusa Pacific University. His research interests include the college presidency and organizational culture.

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The Missing Element

One part of the U-Prep 101 presentation addresses selecting a college. In that section, I emphasize the importance of not only picking a school, but picking a local church. Whether or not you choose a Christian college, the local church is a primary means of sanctification God uses during the college years. This notion is further unpacked today by Scott Sevey, Guidance Counselor at Westminster Christian Academy in Elgin, IL.

Self Reflection & the College Search

Now that you have taken some time to reflect on your own values and what is important to you, you are probably asking yourself the question, “Now what?” The answer seems simple, but is much more complex. It is now time to start looking at individual schools and applying the answers to the self-reflection questions as your search criteria.