Again, I type a post in the back seat of a car, immediately after touring a college. Of course, this time, my destination was Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. Simply put, I really like the place. The campus was stunning, my guide was excellent (thanks Billy!), and the atmosphere was awesome. I don’t have as many lessons to pass on, since most everything I learned seems redundant after the post I made after a previous college visit.
I snapped plenty of photos, they’re up publicly on Facebook.
What did I like about Lafayette, exactly? Well, first, it’s a beautiful campus, with more trees than I could count. If you didn’t know, I love trees. Second, I just had a really great feeling being there. It was uplifting, and everyone was nice. Next, I learned a lot about the financial aid process there, and the information was favorable. Admissions criteria didn’t seem impossible, either.
But, there’s bad news.
I’ve been giving the videoblog concept a lot of thought. I don’t think it works. On college tours, whipping out a camera and taking video of a student given tour is awkward for everyone involved. It worked for me at UCONN because I had a friend giving the tour (thanks Kyle!), with plenty of time to shoot scenes. Also, me filming my own tour doesn’t really have any valuable content, in my opinion. But text and photo blogging works pretty well, I think. Feedback?
Videos are nice, but a regular post & pics is adequate. Anything to spread info of different colleges, right?
It’s excellent that you had an “uplifting” feeling at Lafayette… that’s often a sure sign of a college that very well may be the one for you. Did you feel that way at all in RPI or UConn? …And I know what you mean about the potential for videoblogs to not quite work as well as you may want them to. If you feel more comfortable, I’m sure regular posts and pictures are by all means adequate. But I don’t want to discourage you from pursuing anything here, so if you figure out an easier way to make videoblogs, go for it!