Tour de Colleges

Since it was the end of Micah's first quarter this past weekend, she had Monday and Friday off - time to look at colleges!

SOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE

Friday afternoon found us at South Central College in North Mankato, looking into their culinary arts program.  Micah's greatest desire is to open her own peanut/tree nut free bakery.  We were both impressed with the program and the instructors; however, I'm positive that in an earlier life this college was actually an elementary school!

CROWN COLLEGE

Monday morning we went over the river and through the woods to Crown College.  Talk about warm, friendly, welcoming people!  It's a small school - around 500 students and we kept saying, "It feels like we're back on the ship!"  Well, other than we weren't floating on water, but the similarities were boundless - from the dining room to the snack area to the weight room to the dorm rooms - it really looked like we were back on the ship!  Why this college is my favorite choice is that they were WILLING TO WORK WITH US and Micah's peanut/tree nut allergies so that she could have a successful college experience.

NORTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

We took the definite scenic route from Crown to North Central, getting lost downtown numerous times!  We went through areas I haven't seen in years.  When we finally found the college and a spot to park, it turned out Administration really wanted us to park in a North Central parking lot (I was on the phone with them at the time) - easier said than done.  We finally found a spot to park in in our fourth lot!  At that point, I think we were both ready to turn around and head home, but we stuck it out and interestingly enough, North Central was one of Micah's favorite's.

So, we have no answers yet.  We'll continue to apply and get paper work in and maybe do some return visits . . . stay tuned!