Allegheny College in MEEEEEDville

First of all, DON'T say MEDVILLE because Pennsylvanians look at you as if you're an alien.  We had a jolly-good time getting out of the Pittsburgh Airport (we ended up in short-term parking) and taking the wrong toll road in the opposite direction.  After almost two hours of driving on ice -- yes, that's ICE (you know, that stuff in your freezer that melts the minute you go outside at home) covered bridges, we actually arrived at Allegheny College only two minutes after our assigned time.  Well, no worries there as the admissions staff could not have been NICER -- there were even cookies and coffee waiting for us!  And trust me, after driving like a maniac for almost two hours (oh, did I mention the expressway we were supposed to take was closed due to construction?!?!), I could use a hot beverage in the 34-degree with wind weather.  

Sooo, Austin had a personal interview which he LOVED, then we went on a personal tour with a student.  The College is truly beautiful -- photos posted at the very bottom -- I saw a letter to the Trustees from Thomas Jefferson congratulating Allegheny for their fine library (they had some major contributions in the day) -- it was finer than Harvard's Library and only second to the Library of Congress (who knew?)  Our guide, albeit quite nice and informative, was not in the Greek system, so we had to find that info on our own.  Lucky for us, the Greeks were putting on a Carnival with dunk tanks, sumo suits, the works.  Of course we found the cute girl to chat with  (a KKG) who filled us in on Greek life at Allegheny.  And then she took us over to the one girl she knew from California and that girl was from Irvine and had gone to Tarbut -- okay, how weird is that?!?!?  Next thing we know, there are like six CUTE girls all surrounding Austin and all chattering away about Allegheny.  Bottom line?  They all love it.  Even the CA girl who has now been there five years, says she misses the sun, but wouldn't trade it for anything.

Biggest surprise of all -- Austin loved it.  He said he's definitely applying there -- the Pennsylvania weather suits him.  He really liked everyone he met, and they obviously liked him.  I could go on about the academic accolades, but who wants to read about that on a blog?  Call me if you really want to know.  Austin rated this school a 4.5 on a scale of 5.0. 

 We are now in Pittsburgh and LUCKY US!  There is a street party one block away being put on by PITT -- can't get any better than that!

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Go Panthers,

Janis