College Life

How can I be old enough to have a son who is contemplating colleges? Yikes. Sad fact is, I am. But just barely! ha! While Sterling is only completing grade 10 this year, he is certain of his future endeavors and wants to get the jump on seeing what college will be the best fit for him. As colleges look at 11th and 12th grade marks, he wants to be certain he has the necessary prerequisites for his first choice school.

Aside from the fact that he needed a ride, I was thrilled that Sterling asked me to tour his first choice campus with him at their Spring Open House on Saturday. I thought I would be sad, and it would be scary but it was crazy good and awesome and all kinds of exciting. He had the opportunity to speak one on one with the faculty advisor in his chosen field of study (graphic design), meet a student from the program and see her work along with that of many other talented people. We also took a walking tour of the campus, spoke extensively with the admissions coordinator and met and spoke with the President of the college. We also toured the student's union, health complex and spoke with various other departments and current students.

We learned that there are 4 colleges and a university within 2 hours of us that have the program he is looking for, so we plan to tour those places as well. I must admit that this one ranks high on my list as it is only 15 minutes from home so he will live with us while completing his studies.

One of the last things we did was have these pictures done at the photo booth they provided.