<p>Yeah, next to those Scripps’ fountains, courtyards and gardens, even CMC’s and Pomona’s campuses look plain and boring.</p>
<p>College tour #1: to get there, we had to drive through some very uninspiring neighborhoods where a 7-11 was probably the biggest store. D did not like the campus tour either, and the football players’ room that was shown to us had way too many protein supplement jars on the windowsill.</p>
<p>College tour #2: to get there, we drove through a place called Dundee (you can guess where it is :)). Not very inspiring either, but when we got closer to the campus, the area was much better, the campus was green, and the tour was nice.</p>
<p>College #3 sleepover: D was rooming with a couple of airhead girls, and I was afraid it would totally turn her off, but she reasoned that if not everyone was super brainy, she could have a better shot at better grades. There were plenty of other kids on that campus that D found interesting and intellectual.</p>