College of Charleston

Now on to the College of Charleston! 

After spending Saturday afternoon and Sunday in Charleston, it was finally time for my Mother and I to see the reason why we were actually in Charleston: C of C! It was only about 5 minutes (walking) away from our hotel which was nice. We walked around the campus for a little bit to get the feeling of the place and then we went to the admissions office to wait for the information session and the tour. 

Unfortunately, C of C was not my favorite. I feel awful for not liking it though!! I heard from so many people that I would, but I just wasn't enamored by it. It's a great college, just not for me! By the end of the tour, I found myself comparing it constantly to Vanderbilt. Vandy is my #1 choice, and my absolute DREAM. I was kind of let down that on my already dwindling list of colleges, I have to kind of "cross off" another college. I know that I'll probably apply to C of C, but it's not my first choice. I just need to find another college (besides Vandy (which is so ridiculously hard to get into)) that I'll fall in love with! But, the good thing about this college tour was finding out more of what I want and don't want in a college. It also inspired me to work extra hard for Vanderbilt! I've been crazy studying this whole week!!

The college itself is really pretty. I loved Charleston and the campus, but I did have a little problem with it being directly in the city. I always thought that I wanted to go to college in the city, but after visiting C of C, I kind of changed my mind. I just feel like I would be stressed all the time if I was smack dab in the middle of a huge city. I guess every city is different though, because when I went to visit Vanderbilt, I didn't feel this way at all. It's in the middle of a city, but when you're on the campus, it feels like you're in your own little oasis of college. 

So next on my list of college tours is University of Richmond and SMU. I really, really want to love these colleges. I don't want to be disappointed!! 

I hope y'all have a great day!!

xoxo, Hannah

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Outfits for Charleston!

I am leaving for Charleston tomorrow morning to look at the College of Charleston, so here are the outfits that I plan on wearing!!

Have a great day y'all!!

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College Advice

As I am a junior, this is "the year" that I'm supposed to spend stressing about college and life after high school. I have had my fair share of college freakouts, but they're slowly fading away (thank goodness!) Next weekend I am going to Charleston with my mother to visit College of Charleston! I'm so excited! I have only heard good things about it, and it's Charleston! The south!! I'm so, so, so excited. This will be the 2nd college visit for me this year (the first one being Vanderbilt and Sewanee), and I am actually looking forward to how I'm going to react to the college. Hopefully I'll love it!!

Anywho, I have started making a (somewhat) small list of colleges that I'm interested in. I'm only looking at schools in the South, which kind of limits how many I can see at a time. There are soo many colleges in the Northeast but I'm not really interested in any of them! Eventually I'll go to North Carolina and South Carolina and visit the 100 different colleges that I like there. But, here's the premature list of colleges that I am interested in looking at --

1. Vanderbilt (Love. Love. Love. But so hard to get into!)

2. University of Richmond

3. Davidson

4. Wake Forest

5. College of Charleston

6. University of Georgia

7. Elon

8. SMU

What other colleges do y'all think I will like? I'm open to all suggestions!!

Have a great day, y'all!!

xoxo, Hannah

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