Top Scholars Weekend -- April 2014

jocjarmom
Thu, 10 Apr 2014 18:21:17 +0000

@ireneb‌ - I was definitely referring to the weather! I used to live in DC and practically froze my tush off! I haven’t spent enough time in NOLA to say whether it’s friendlier than DC. I will say that while Tulane does a masterful job marketing the school so you know you’re going to get a taste of NOLA in everything you do there, AU did a great job integrating DC. Granted, my master’s degree was in Political Science, but I took some of the absolutely coolest classes at AU that totally took advantage of all the politicians and pundits in the area. My favorite 2 programs I participated in were the Lobbying Institute and the Campaign Management Institute. And they actually wound up putting our final presentations on C-SPAN (where we had a viewership of 40 people… 2 parents for each participant in the program! :)) )

In any event, I can say that my mother-in-law and my brother-in-law and family all live in the DC area and they said it’s been one of the worst winters in recent memory. When the most recent snow came about 2 weeks ago, my sister-in-law was ready to pack up and move in with me.

On the other hand, my sister-in-law is a genius when it comes to finding amazing, interesting and FREE things (educational and otherwise) to do in DC. My 2 nieces have been exposed to so many things that my children weren’t (growing up in Atlanta). So while I’ve had the much better weather and significantly cheaper real estate values living in ATL, I sort of envy what my nieces have gotten to do.