Evansville Experience
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.
