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oh_darling) wrote2009-06-17 07:57 pm
oh_darling) wrote2009-06-17 07:57 pm
day three - seven (cliffnotes)
Same disclaimer applies and shall continue to apply.
Due to a lack of Internet access, I've had days build up. I dread catching up on everything, and so to speed up the process a tad, here are the cliffnotes from the different days. I'll make a note of which schools I have pictures from (tagged with an asterisk), and I will upload a few upon request. :D
Also,before I forget while I'm at it, I'll list out the order in which the colleges have placed so far. We have two schools left, and we visited two additional ones upon recommendation (tagged with an exclamation mark). You'll see how well that went.
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DAY THREE
*-Yale University (New Haven, CT)
(I already had this typed out, for whatever reason. So here you are.)
This morning was incredibly pleasant! We had decided to stay overnight in a town near to the university (so that the drive would be minimal and we would be able to sleep in the next day), and everything worked out. After breakfast, we drove to the campus, and… ahem, took in a bit of the sights. [Read: got lost again.]
When we finally find parking in the vicinity of the visitor’s center, we still had a couple of hours to kill before the official tour began. We had lunch and walked through the outskirts of the campus – I was not terribly impressed with their musical facilities, but their libraries had me wowed! <333
Later, we visited more of the older buildings that the core of the university was comprised of. Of course, I enjoyed walking through them, as I am irrevocably in love with beautiful architecture. We also learned a bit about their systems of admission, and I found myself actually liking the idea of colleges of residence on the campus (basically, for the first few years as a student, you stay in a gorgeous building with expansive resources and a wide variety of other students).
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DAY FOUR
Mostly we spent the day touring Boston with a few of our relatives! It was excellent fun~ ;D
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DAY FIVE
!Providence College (Providence, RI)
-Brown University (Providence, RI)
Oh, geez. I don't even want to talk about Providence College. D:
Brown University seemed alright, but it was a little off to me. I am a very visual person, and in my opinion there was too big of a disparity between the different styles and time periods of the buildings -- they didn't not match in a pleasant, eclectic sort of way (if you understand my meaning). It was more like a weird hodgepodge that just didn't quite go.
All in all, I shan't be attending a Rhode Island school.
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DAY SIX
*-Massacheusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
*-Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
Both of these were fairly good! MIT's campus wasn't overwhelming, but it seemed mellow enough and the people were extraordinarily nice and helpful. I know that the programs there are of good quality, too, and they have a cooperative program with Harvard. I'm not sure if it works both ways though... I'll have to find out.
Harvard College was not too shabby either. It was not as historic or outright beautiful as some of the other Ivy League schools, but it is solid overall. (We tagged along with a group led by two very enthusiastic tour guides. They were a hoot! <3)
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DAY SEVEN
-Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
!Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
Dartmouth College was pleasant -- we came in and attended the information session. i already knew that the campus was decent, so i was more concerned with the types of plans and courses they had. I'm still not entirely sold on their required semesters (it's a really strange arrangement, in my opinion), but it's good enough for another visit later on.
Williams College is another one I'd rather not talk about. The surrounding area would drive me absolutely insane, as it's basically in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by winding roads that take forever to navigate and require constant attentiveness due to fluctuating speed limits. UGH. The campus itself was gorgeous, but everything else drove me up the wall so much I wouldn't be able to stand it. Also, the entire student body is about the size of my high school. That's a bit too small for me.
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PECKING ORDER (01 - 10)
01. Princeton University / Yale University
02. Princeton University / Yale University
03. Dartmouth College / Harvard College
04. Dartmouth College / Harvard College
05. Massacheusetts Institute of Technology
06. Pittsburgh University
07. University of Pennslyvania
08. Brown University
09. Williams College
10. Providence College
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Now we're pretty close to our last couple of universities in New York! Whew, I love New York -- it's such a mix of prim and crazy and gorgeous and downright awkward. :D
Have questions? Feel free to ask away.
Love,
TIREDDDDDD
(-__-) ...zzzzzz...
Due to a lack of Internet access, I've had days build up. I dread catching up on everything, and so to speed up the process a tad, here are the cliffnotes from the different days. I'll make a note of which schools I have pictures from (tagged with an asterisk), and I will upload a few upon request. :D
Also,
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DAY THREE
*-Yale University (New Haven, CT)
(I already had this typed out, for whatever reason. So here you are.)
This morning was incredibly pleasant! We had decided to stay overnight in a town near to the university (so that the drive would be minimal and we would be able to sleep in the next day), and everything worked out. After breakfast, we drove to the campus, and… ahem, took in a bit of the sights. [Read: got lost again.]
When we finally find parking in the vicinity of the visitor’s center, we still had a couple of hours to kill before the official tour began. We had lunch and walked through the outskirts of the campus – I was not terribly impressed with their musical facilities, but their libraries had me wowed! <333
Later, we visited more of the older buildings that the core of the university was comprised of. Of course, I enjoyed walking through them, as I am irrevocably in love with beautiful architecture. We also learned a bit about their systems of admission, and I found myself actually liking the idea of colleges of residence on the campus (basically, for the first few years as a student, you stay in a gorgeous building with expansive resources and a wide variety of other students).
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DAY FOUR
Mostly we spent the day touring Boston with a few of our relatives! It was excellent fun~ ;D
---------------------------
DAY FIVE
!Providence College (Providence, RI)
-Brown University (Providence, RI)
Oh, geez. I don't even want to talk about Providence College. D:
Brown University seemed alright, but it was a little off to me. I am a very visual person, and in my opinion there was too big of a disparity between the different styles and time periods of the buildings -- they didn't not match in a pleasant, eclectic sort of way (if you understand my meaning). It was more like a weird hodgepodge that just didn't quite go.
All in all, I shan't be attending a Rhode Island school.
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DAY SIX
*-Massacheusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
*-Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
Both of these were fairly good! MIT's campus wasn't overwhelming, but it seemed mellow enough and the people were extraordinarily nice and helpful. I know that the programs there are of good quality, too, and they have a cooperative program with Harvard. I'm not sure if it works both ways though... I'll have to find out.
Harvard College was not too shabby either. It was not as historic or outright beautiful as some of the other Ivy League schools, but it is solid overall. (We tagged along with a group led by two very enthusiastic tour guides. They were a hoot! <3)
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DAY SEVEN
-Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)
!Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
Dartmouth College was pleasant -- we came in and attended the information session. i already knew that the campus was decent, so i was more concerned with the types of plans and courses they had. I'm still not entirely sold on their required semesters (it's a really strange arrangement, in my opinion), but it's good enough for another visit later on.
Williams College is another one I'd rather not talk about. The surrounding area would drive me absolutely insane, as it's basically in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by winding roads that take forever to navigate and require constant attentiveness due to fluctuating speed limits. UGH. The campus itself was gorgeous, but everything else drove me up the wall so much I wouldn't be able to stand it. Also, the entire student body is about the size of my high school. That's a bit too small for me.
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PECKING ORDER (01 - 10)
01. Princeton University / Yale University
02. Princeton University / Yale University
03. Dartmouth College / Harvard College
04. Dartmouth College / Harvard College
05. Massacheusetts Institute of Technology
06. Pittsburgh University
07. University of Pennslyvania
08. Brown University
09. Williams College
10. Providence College
---------------------------
Now we're pretty close to our last couple of universities in New York! Whew, I love New York -- it's such a mix of prim and crazy and gorgeous and downright awkward. :D
Have questions? Feel free to ask away.
Love,
TIREDDDDDD
(-__-) ...zzzzzz...