Bowling Green State University (BGSU Visit!)

The time has begun for college visits! First - we lucked out and had a beautiful day on Friday. We finally decided to start taking down the Christmas lights - the snow finally melted and the temperature was above 30 degrees! 

But more importantly, we headed to Bowling Green for our first campus tour. From here, it is an easy drive. It takes about 1.5 hours and the interstate takes you about right there, which is nice. We had a presentation from admissions and then an almost 2-hour tour of everything. The girls had Friday off, so we all went!

I don't know what I thought of BGSU before our visit, but I was thoroughly impressed. So much was remodeled and just so so cool. The facilities were nice, the different food places were impressive and the overall vibe of the campus was seriously great. Students seemed happy and all nice. People going to work out - studying etc. Chris and I wanted to be back in college for sure. 

Most importantly, Heidi is really looking into doing forensics of some sort, with maybe a minor or emphasis in psychology. This school has several options in that arena, with her leaning towards criminology and forensics. 

Heidi said she could see herself there. Also, the town is a college/small-town vibe, which we really like. We have so many great schools in Ohio, but many are surrounded by large cities or just don't feel as quaint as what we just visited. Because of volleyball, we have been near or around other schools, but this was the first one with a true isolated campus with just college houses around and a few blocks to their small downtown. 

The school is considered mid-size - around 20K students, so it bigger than you think but not huge. 

We don't go to another tour until April, but we are starting off strong! We were just happy Heidi liked this place so much. We were afraid she wasn't going to enjoy it. 

Our tour guide was very nice. He maybe didn't have the same interests as us, but even with that, we still enjoyed the tour and he was able to answer most of our questions. 

One of the food halls - this was the all you care to eat place...

They have several different layouts of dorms. Some more traditional like this - with a shared floor bathroom and others with their own bathroom to share with a roommate. Of course, Heidi liked the more expensive version - ha

Oh to visit the large lecture rooms again...

They had a rec center (free to students) that was great! Huge pool, weight room floor, indoor tracks, a floor for all treadmills etc. Heidi loved it. 

They had these robots everywhere - delivering goods - mostly Starbucks, but they were funny. They would stop for you and just navigate their way to where ever they needed go. 

Lunch of champions - Taco Bell.

We will see how this college thing shakes out. Heidi's only concern so far - which is a funny one - was she doesn't love the colors orange and brown. ha. According to the tour guide - the Browns DID get their colors for BGSU supposedly.  

I believe the next one we tour is the other top school she is interested in - so I will be curious how it compares. She also sort of mentioned she wanted to be further away and we promised we wouldn't just pop in and we wouldn't expect her to come home often, if anything, we would say she couldn't. The other schools we plan to visit are more around 3 to 4 hours away. 

And ending with more random - Lucy and her friend had to build a car for a class. They handled everything all on their own and were very proud. 

We have our largest volleyball tournament this weekend in Indy - so short week for us!