I am very excited for this trip. While I am nervous to go look at these colleges, because they are both big and critical schools, I am happy I get more experience in the whole "college visit" thing for the future. I will definitely take plenty of notes, and definitely take lots of pictures! Boston College has a beautiful area and campus and I am so thrilled that I get to experience it.
To be honest I do not know much about either school, but that is the whole point about going out there to take the tours myself, so I can see them first hand. I am a very visual person and I find it hard to make a decision just on facts and websites. I can not wait to make my own opinion of the campuses and look at everything they have to offer and share with me this weekend.
My hope for this trip is to learn something about what I want from a college such as dorm space, college size, distance from college to home, classroom size and majors, and to have some fun. I also am hoping it doesn't get too cold this weekend so that I can spend some time in the outdoors and enjoy the campuses in all their glory! Maybe I will even be able to add one of the two colleges I am visiting on the list of colleges I want to apply too!
I will make a note to talk about it in my smiles and frowns come Monday or write a second blog post to highlight what I thought about the trip overall!
Here is a link to YouTube for a short video showing northeastern university in the fall
And here is a picture of one of many of Boston Colleges gorgeous buildings on campus
I'm interested to hear what you thought of your visits! I agree that physically going to the college is completely different than looking at pictures/reading about it. A year ago, I thought that I wanted to go to small private college in a rural area, but after visiting some schools like that, I completely changed my mind! (Thank god for tours!)
ReplyDeleteSome schools have virtual tours, which are great resources, especially for colleges that are far away, but I don't think anything beats going there in person. The physical environment makes an impression that pictures just can't. Enjoy your visits!
I love Boston as well. My mom went to grad school at Northwestern and my cousin really wanted to go to Boston University, so I have heard a lot about both schools. I am interested to hear your input on them as well! Besides cost and how difficult it is to be accepted to both schools, I have not heard any bad things of either school. I hope you enjoyed your visits!
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