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I’ve recently started my college search. This past Saturday I had the chance to attend an open house at the University of Evansville. Overall, I was impressed. There are many things I like about it and there are a few things that set me off. The visit started off with a joint session in which the Vice President and a professor spoke. It was basically talking about its top status within the US and its many prestigous departments.

The rest of the day was filled with information sessions and a campus tour. At first, I had no idea what to look for or what I was doing. As time went on, I was able to come up with many questions and have them answered.

My first stop was the Engineering and Computer Science Department. There was a presentation then a tour of the facility. I was impressed for what the Computer Science professor had to say and what the facilities were like. The had some nice labs for the classes and would fulfill my needs for the future. One thing that set me off though was the class sizes. I like small class sizes–around 15-20 people. But the current computer science classes had students of 7-9. It seemed too small for me. Though, I can’t be too sure, for I haven’t experienced that small of a college class. I have experienced a small class of 2 in High school, however.

The next thing planned was the full campus tour. We went to a residence hall, walked around campus while all the buildings were explain and visited the athletic center. The dorm room was nice; I found it small but that may be standard for college.

We then attended a financial aid meeting. And off we were. the experience was nice and Evansville is still on the list. I plan to visit Ball State, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Butler University within the next few months. There are other schools out of my state I’d like to visit and go to, such as MIT, Stanford, and Carnegie-Mellon. We’ll see what happens, and I’ll keep you posted.

Last year I was crusin the radio stations while riding in the car and I found one that really appealed to me (94.9 The Sound). Right when I started listening to it I noticed it was different. There were barely any ads and the DJ (or recording) kept talking about a perfect 10 playlist. Apparently you can go online and make you’re perfect 10 playlist. If they have the music they’ll play the list. They also notify you when it is played. This seems to allow this statioin to be the epitome of variety.

I haven’t submitted a playlist myself, but I’m interested in doing so. I’m not sure if there are other radio stations doing the same or similar things. But it just appealed to me in general. If you live in the area it services you should check it out. You can even listen to it online.

I’m not affiliated with this radio station in any way.

As I’m listening to my raving techno, I’m thinking about the approaching new semester. Not will be changed schedule wise. I’ll just be swapping my spanish class and adding performing arts. I wanted to be in performing arts for a lead in the next play or musical rather my school is doing–Grease! Many people think it was a bad pick but all we can do is our best. I don’t think I’ll get a lead but it would be be nice to just be involved.

This past semester has been a dousy. My teachers have piled on the homework. I think about it though, and it only seems much more because my course work is harder. Not to mention it is my Junior year in High School. Now that I got the hang of the work maybe this next semester will be a breeze. I’m still working on my time management. Its so hard to get stuck to a schedule especially when you feel you don’t feel like you’re in control (but thats another future blog).

WOW 3 more semsesters and I’m out of High school :D. I have a experienced some of college due to me living on a college campus. It seems so much free. I use the gym, the library and many other facilities. I’ve even attended a lecture; very very interesting. I would like to experience an actual class. People say the AP classes give you a taste. I don’t believe that a bit. I hope my strengths in my style of learning help me throughout the boring lectures and the grueling projects that lie ahead. (I don’t think it’ll be that bad though.)