dominican aka hogwarts

For my eighth college trip of the year (did i say eighth? yes i did) I found myself in none other than the third largest city in the USA. Holy crap. Okay guys, I gotta get real for a sec. I honestly wasn't expecting to get much out of this trip. I just loved SVU so much I was thinking, "it'll be fun to go, and having a lot of options is good, but do I really want to live in Chicago for the duration of my college years? Nahhhh..... But let's go see anyways." That's what was going through my mind when I was making the arrangements with the head coach. Especially since Dominican University is a catholic school. I was just planning to go and compare the feelings I got in Virginia with what I would feel in Chicago. No biggie right? Wrong.

Guys, I loved it. It was an awesome visit. Totally worth it.

Okay first the school is basically Hogwarts in real life. It was the coolest thing ever! The buildings were these old, castle-like things with ivy growing all over. And there were tunnels connecting all the buildings together! Underground tunnels! I was all over that, let me tell you what. I felt like I finally got my chance to be a part of the wizarding world. HAHA! It was legit. Too legit.

//see? totally hogwarts\\

So the day went like this.... We met with the coach first. She had previously called me back in June so I already knew a lot about the soccer program and what the she wants to do with the team and what not. So we basically just talked about the area and life at the school and stuff. She also said that she doesn't offer spots on the roster until later.... So I didn't get that this time. But it's okay! She was talking to me like I would be a part of the team saying stuff like, "if you choose to come here", and "can you see yourself playing on a field like this". So I'm counting it as an offer. Hopefully. Then we met with admissions and Blah Blah Blah..... Then we went on a tour. It's a smaller campus, which I love. It looks like Hogwarts, which I love. The soccer field is beautiful turf, which I love. They have a super nice, super new, science building, which I love. It was just a neat neat place, and I was lovin' it. After the tour, we met back up with the coach and I got to meet one of the players. She was the coolest! It was so good to hear about the experience from the perspective of someone that's actually living it. (talking to a utah state player made me realize i didn't want to play d1 so i knew this was good) She made everything sound so exciting and worth it. And because Dominican doesn't have a football team, the soccer teams are treated like royalty on campus. They're sponsored by Adidas too. How rad is that?!

I'm so glad I had the opportunity to get a feel for this school. I can tell you right now, it's only going to make my decision that much harder. You know how I said it was a catholic school? Well it didn't feel like it. Of course there were decorations and all that jazz that represented the faith, but it didn't feel over powering and I didn't feel weird about it. Which totally surprised me. But I guess that's a good thing right?

I just love soccer. So much. It's on my list of top ten things that I can't live without. FOR SURE. And I love that it's giving me the opportunity to travel to different places and see schools that I otherwise wouldn't even know about. It's a really cool thing.

I'm all done with college visits! For now at least.