On the Road
To quote Jack Kerouac, whose book I have just begun and am so far enjoying (we're talking page 19, though, so we'll see how it goes).... On the Road with a trip to Philly yesterday! I'll include pictures when I get home on Wednesday. We had to get up at 6:00 in the morning to make it up in time for a 9:45 campus tour. I went to check out Haverford and Swarthmore colleges, to begin the evil college ordeal of senior year. So far I've visited three colleges, and in order of preference they are Reed, Swarthmore............. and Haverford. Bummer for Haverford, there in super last place, but somehow it just didn't click for me. It had some nice buildings, but also some unattractive ones; and the campus layout was very unappealing. The tour guide also didn't seem to do a good job of selling the college - she spent more time repeating that Haverford is unique than actually sharing details about the college that make it an exceptional experience. Christopher and I actually ended up skipping the info session to go out for lunch before hitting up Swarthmore.Swarthmore, which has rocketed to first place on my list..... and which only has a 22% acceptance rate. But it seems wonderful, intensely academic but not competitive, supportive, beautiful, full of opportunities, beautiful, in a great -if tiny- neighborhood, a half hour ride outside of Philadelphia, directly connected to the metro, and did I mention beautiful? The campus really is stunning, and the buildings are all built with this beautiful grey stone, the same kind that I admired in the more attractive buildings on the Haverford college.
Afterwards, wandering around in Philadelphia, we were walking back to the car from the plaza that houses the Liberty Bell when I heard from behind me "Holly?" I turned around, and there, leaning out from her car window, was Diana Day, my 6th grade teacher and then friend (plus my recent employer for a small journalism assignment), with her twins in the back seat. Back in her home town, visiting family, I presume, on the very same day that I happened to be up there checking out colleges. Talk about a small world!
One more college to go on this trip, and then I'll have four to rank. Oh, it'll get so much fun the more I get to rank! Oh wait. NOT.
posted by Holly @ 3:42 PM
1 Comments:
Holly, yes, what a crazy small world. I tried to call you later on the cell phone number I had, but, alas, it was the wrong number. I wanted to see if you could come ride on the carousel with us on Sunday.
How random to see you in Philly?! Yes, I was there to visit family.
And, Swarthmore would be a great fit for you.
We're back from Philly now, and I'll look forward to seeing you at Westridge. (Oh, did I tell you that I am working there again?) :-)
xo
Diana
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