From the "Oh my God, could it be that time already?!" camp, applications for college admission in 2009 will be due in just about 6-8 more months! Tyler is undecided about what he wants to study, but we are pretty sure it will fall somewhere in the science/math category. He is currently more focused on finding a fun, away-from-home college experience. "Fun" means it needs to have a strong sports culture and cool living accommodations. "Away from home" means far enough that Mom & Dad aren't tempted to pop in. David and I are mindful of Tyler's wishes, but we added "cost" as an equally important decision-making crieria. With all of this in mind, our collegiate search has officially begun.
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Our first college visit took us to University of Missouri (Columbia.) Tyler was particularly impressed with the new Life Sciences building and the fitness facility. Everyone we met was super nice and super helpful. One current student even let us check out her dorm room--definitely above and beyond her outlined responsibilities for the day. The aquatics center was hosting Olympic qualifying races; while we were there Michael Phelps broke a world record. Exciting stuff! We ended our day in the bookstore to buy a shirt. Seems we can dream about the future much more vividly while decked out in campus garb.
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Cost to attend Mizzou is around $15,000/year (which could be less, depending on scholarships and articulated credit from high school AP courses.) Dorm rooms are really small and not especially neat-o, but that may have been off-set by the coolness of the fitness facility and the opportunity to study in the Life Sciences facility. The fun sports culture gets two thumbs way up...not sure it gets more exciting than this place!
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We have visits scheduled at Missouri S&T (Rolla) in March, and Missouri State University (Springfield) in April. Stay tuned!
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