College touring, part 2

We got permission for the junior to miss classes on Thursday so we could fly to Atlanta for a bit more college touring over the three day Easter weekend. The grad student drove in from Wake Forest and the husband flew in from a business meeting in Kansas so we could all check out a few other universities on the teen's look-see list.

Let me begin by saying the Atlanta traffic IS as awful as they say.

Our first stop was the University of Georgia in Athens on Friday for an official tour with admissions. The campus and vibe reminded me of the University of Texas in Austin, southern but with a bit of a funky alt twist. I gotta admit I was sad to learn that the bulldog mascot UGA doesn't even live on campus or even in Athens. 

Above is a family selfie taken by the older daughter at a coffee shop we visited before the GA tour kicked off. The bulldog below was in the Terrell admissions building - super cute!

The  junior and I read about this building below, the Snelling dining hall where students "Snellibrate" things.

You gotta love a campus where the food trucks pull right up to buildings for you to grab a bite to eat.

Best thing about southern college architecture... the columns.

The next day, we had a personal tour at the University of Alabama. A friend of the older daughter's, a Bama alum, connected us with a sorority sister of hers who is a senior this year. She kindly met us for a walking tour of campus and the teen was sold. The grounds and buildings are just gorgeous. Beautiful sorority row. And best of all, a great out-of-state scholarship program PLUS admissions to the honors college that should be in the cards for our junior. 

Football is kind of a big deal here.

It didn't hurt that the weather was picture perfect and the azaleas were in full bloom everywhere.

Last stop on this final out-of-state college tour was Auburn University. It was pretty, with the obligatory old red brick buildings. The teen seemed to like it. But it's definitely a different vibe than the GA and AL flagship campuses we visited.

It was Easter weekend and so of course the dogwoods were in bloom, too. Honestly, Alabama reminded me a lot of the eastern part of Texas with the red dirt and pine trees.