Josh Griffith | Admissions Counselor

Education
B.A. in Religion and English with a minor in music from Emory & Henry College, class of 2007

Hobbies/Interests
I enjoy creative writing, reading short fiction and poetry, hiking, biking, and learning everything I can about the people around me.

Book/Authors
I don't have a favorite novel or book, but here are a few of my favorite authors: Ernest Hemingway, e e cummings, Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner, Wallace Stevens, Gertrude Stein, John Steinbeck, and Maya Angelou

Movies
Crash, The Manchurian Candidate, The Color Purple, To Kill a Mockingbird, Amadeus, The Silence of the Lambs, 12 Angry Men, Saving Private Ryan, Dangerous Liaisons, The Hours, JFK, The Pianist, Shrek, As Good As It Gets, Scary Movie 1 & 2, What Dreams May Come, Walk the Line, Best in Show.

Music
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Aaron Copland, John Lennon, The Temptations, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Nora Jones, Bob Dylan, Dixie Chicks, and Fleetwood Mac.

Favorite Quote
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Advice to Applicants
Don't stretch yourself thin with academics and extra-curricular activities in an effort to impress the colleges and universities that interest you most. Seek out the areas that interest you most and that you genuinely care about. Commit to those activities and your passion for that area will reflect in your college application.