<p>Well d loved it. In fact she hasn’t taken off the sweatshirt yet. I’m hoping it’s made it through the wash a few times but I make no promises.</p>
<p>She told us of the big southern U’s, all the rest are off the list and Auburn is the one. </p>
<p>She liked that the campus seemed compact even though it was a big school. This was like the baby bear of environments, USC was too city, Clemson too rural, this felt just right. Not to mention the cupcake shop right down the street - lol</p>
<p>She toured the business department and liked the classroom set up, the schedule of classes, all the help available and internships, etc. </p>
<p>We toured the dorms after we put in the deposit, and she liked my line of thinking once we saw it and the quad is her top choice for housing. I’m thinking living on campus shrinks your world a lot since so many don’t live on campus, as a freshman she won’t be overwhelmed with so many people right there. Oh - and we just don’t have signs about checking your gun before you enter a building, nor had she ever seen tornado signs before. So that added some amusement.</p>
<p>What we still need to get a handle on is the sorority situation. I was not in one and this sec sorority thing is a bit different than the way we live up further north. My suggestion, let’s just ask my women friends, and her teachers if they were in sororities and they can write those recs. She doesn’t know enough to make an informed opinion but I could see her liking being with a group of girls, as long as it isn’t some soap opera backstabbing social climbing thing. </p>
<p>Having never been to Alabama myself I didn’t really know what to expect. It is a lot nicer than reputation would lead you to believe. Should she attend, I will be golfing some of those courses!</p>
<p>I have yet to hear of anyone who attended who didn’t say how much they loved it. </p>
<p>We’re waiting to hear back from some more schools, but this for sure is a contender.</p>