Well guys I guess I'm back
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2003 10:00 pm
Well, the trip to A&M was a BLAST!! I got to College Station at about 6pm and we checked in at the hotel. We ate at Outback Steakhouse for Father's Day and then took a little trip to the campus to get acquainted with it before the invitational on Monday. Needless to say I was BREATHLESS when I saw the campus. I never knew it was so HUGE!! There was construction all over the place, which is something I never expected to see. (I later found out that the current president of A&M vowed to have construction projects going on non-stop...to keep expending and improving.) It seemed like a whole other city...it was that big! The roads on campus were in sorry shape, however. It reminded me of Houston so much that I never got home sick while I was there. Anyway, after almost an hour of exploring the campus, we headed back to the hotel and went to bed.
The next day, I woke up at 6:30, and we ate breakfast at Denny's. I didn't eat very much because I was so nervous...it was going to be my first true college visit. So we finished and drove back down to the campus, where I checked into Neeley residence hall and dropped off my luggage. We were given a colored lanyard (mine was red), which was used to put us into tour groups. Me and the other honors invitational students (there were 188) followed two tour guides and they showed us around and explained everything to us. We learned all sorts of chants and historical footnotes...I don't even remember any of it...it was that much info! After that, we broke up into our color groups, went inside (it was HOT), and played games to help us get to know each other better. Throughout the day, we went into little rooms where we learned more about the honors program and the college in general. We then broke up into pre-determined groups divided into the separate colleges. When we first signed up, we got to choose what college we wanted to tour...I chose College of Science. So we learned a little about A&M's science program and got a few handouts. The whole time I was in awe of how big everything was. I seemed so lost...thank God for our tour guides!! After that, we ate a fancy lunch, got some more info on the program, and went back to our dorm (more on our dorms later...). We changed clothes into bathing suits and exercise clothes...we were about to go to dinner and then to the recreation center. It was then that I met my roommate...he seemed OK...we only said like 8 words to each other over the 2 day period.
Guess there wasn't much to say. The barbeque dinner was good and the rec center was HUGE! It had 5 volleyball courts, 3 basketball courts, and a couple of swimming pools...and that was just the outside portion! There was more inside, but it was 10pm and off limits to us. 
It's supposed to be the largest university rec center in the country. I didn't need to see the inside...I believed them just by seeing the outside part! We had a choice to go back to our dorms either at 11pm or 12am. If we stayed till 12, we could see the moomoo races (don't ask, don't tell), but I was tired and decided to check out early. So we walked for 15-20 minutes (I told you the campus was big!) back to the prison...I mean...the *dorms* and got ready for bed. My roommate decided to go back at 12, so I got some alone time...something I really needed. BUT...
The next day, I woke up at 6:30, and we ate breakfast at Denny's. I didn't eat very much because I was so nervous...it was going to be my first true college visit. So we finished and drove back down to the campus, where I checked into Neeley residence hall and dropped off my luggage. We were given a colored lanyard (mine was red), which was used to put us into tour groups. Me and the other honors invitational students (there were 188) followed two tour guides and they showed us around and explained everything to us. We learned all sorts of chants and historical footnotes...I don't even remember any of it...it was that much info! After that, we broke up into our color groups, went inside (it was HOT), and played games to help us get to know each other better. Throughout the day, we went into little rooms where we learned more about the honors program and the college in general. We then broke up into pre-determined groups divided into the separate colleges. When we first signed up, we got to choose what college we wanted to tour...I chose College of Science. So we learned a little about A&M's science program and got a few handouts. The whole time I was in awe of how big everything was. I seemed so lost...thank God for our tour guides!! After that, we ate a fancy lunch, got some more info on the program, and went back to our dorm (more on our dorms later...). We changed clothes into bathing suits and exercise clothes...we were about to go to dinner and then to the recreation center. It was then that I met my roommate...he seemed OK...we only said like 8 words to each other over the 2 day period.
Guess there wasn't much to say. The barbeque dinner was good and the rec center was HUGE! It had 5 volleyball courts, 3 basketball courts, and a couple of swimming pools...and that was just the outside portion! There was more inside, but it was 10pm and off limits to us. It's supposed to be the largest university rec center in the country. I didn't need to see the inside...I believed them just by seeing the outside part! We had a choice to go back to our dorms either at 11pm or 12am. If we stayed till 12, we could see the moomoo races (don't ask, don't tell), but I was tired and decided to check out early. So we walked for 15-20 minutes (I told you the campus was big!) back to the prison...I mean...the *dorms* and got ready for bed. My roommate decided to go back at 12, so I got some alone time...something I really needed. BUT...
) but I do remember the professor was very energetic. He walked back and forth and jumped up and down...I thought he'd explode! :o I have to give him credit for trying to make english interesting, however. So after that we were done. We went back to the dorms (which were still freezing BTW), got our stuff, and checked out. And so my first visit to a university was complete! All in all it was an awesome experience (dorms notwithstanding).
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I would have preferred to stay in the dorms. But I am an old married woman with children so I come home each night. You are gonna have a blast in college!! Hopefully you will get a better roomie though :LOL: