Seems like the last couple of weeks have been all about Alex! He turned 17 on May 3. I'm still trying to figure out how that happened. Weren't we just leaving the hospital with our bouncing 11 pound baby boy? We blinked and then . . . BAM . . . here we are with a 17 year old. Amazing how time flies.
Last weekend, we officially began THE COLLEGE SEARCH. Yep, I successfully procrastinated as long as I could get away with it. Probably had something to do with not wanting to admit that my baby is going to be a senior next year. I think that's called "denial"?! But with the college flyers, pamphlets, letters, etc pouring into our mailbox these days, we finally decided to get started. He took the ACT in April and will take it again in June. He has a solid score, but wants better. We are behind him 100% because a higher score means more scholarship money and scholarship money is a necessity when you are looking at small, private schools! :o)
Our "college search tour" began with a visit to Augustana College in Rock Island, IL last Friday. They rolled out the red carpet for us, including an admissions interview for Alex, a tour of the campus with a very energetic and enthusiastic female coed, a 90 minute meeting with a professor in the Biology department (Alex is leaning toward Occupational Therapy), and lunch with a male student who we all greatly enjoyed. The campus is beautiful and, as I told Mike, I would be proud to send my money there. Of course, we'll be bankrupt and working 3 or 4 jobs each when that day comes, but where there's a will, there's a way! ha. To those of you with young kids, SAVE BIG NOW! Whatever you are saving isn't enough! Seriously! :o)
On Saturday, we traveled a few hours north to visit Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. Another gorgeous campus, located right on the shore of Lake Michigan. You should see the killer views from the dorm rooms! Another impressive school, to say the least. This visit was in a "group visit" format, so not nearly as personalized as our time at Augustana was. But informative, all the same. Fortunately, we hooked up with the son of a friend of mine, who is a current student at Carthage, so we got some behind the scenes info and a brief tour of the Kenosha area. All in all, you have to try REALLY hard to find anything not to like at either school. At the end of our weekend tour, Alex ranked Augustana #1 and Carthage #2. We'll be adding to our list of schools visited in the coming weeks, so check back periodically for updates! :o)
Oh, and yeah, I have to admit.....now that we've finally launched this quest to find the PERFECT school, it IS rather exciting and fun! :o)
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HOW FUN! ENJOY EVERY MINUTE! What a handsome guy!
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