<p>I don't know if many of you know about Furman, since its a relatively small southern school, but I had only really considered applying there for in-state scholarships, until yesterday. I attended the Fall for Furman program, and it was amazing! The program consisted of a campus tour, a general welcome session, lunch, a student-panel session, and a closing session about admission and financial aid. This was my first official college visit, but it made a very good impression on me. Unfortunately yesterday was the last day, but you can visit anytime. I didn't know where else to put this post, but I thought I could put the University out there and tell yall my experience. Hope y'all enjoy it!</p>
<p>Campus Tour:
I actually missed the campus tour, but you don't need an official tour to know this is a beautiful campus. The fountain right through the front gates is a really nice first impression, the buildings are really nice, and the dining hall has a great view of the lake. Housing on campus is required all 4 years, but the dorms are nice. There is South housing and Lakeside housing for underclassmen, and then North Campus housing for upperclassmen, with apartment style housing with an outdoor complex.</p>
<p>General Welcome Session:
The info was pretty standard, the new president and a distinguished professor spoke about the value of a liberal arts education which was good for me, because I had never really considered one before. </p>
<p>Lunch:
REALLY GOOD!! I had a chicken marsala (sp ?) and a make-it-youself salad. They also had breakfast (at like 11:30), taco's, pizza, and make-your-own sandwich bars. They had a lot of healthy options, which was important to me, and the food was fantastic.</p>
<p>Student-Panel:
The student panel was great! All the students were really enthusiastic about Furman, answered our questions really well, and raised really good points. When asked there least favorite things about Furman, the most serious reply was the unlike big flagship universities, Furman didn't have very specialized majors. The others ranged from Furman being an all Pepsi campus (a let down for me) to having a WalMart instead of a Target five minutes away.</p>
<p>Closing Session:
This last session had some good info, probably not that much more than you could have found on the website, but the speakers were engaging, and it wasn't to boring :P .</p>
<p>Overall I had a great experience. The school is smaller than what I was looking at, but the large campus makes up for that. The school has an AMAZING study abroad program which was really important for me, and its also really connected with the Greenville community which is nice.
Hopefully this wasn't WAY too much, but I'm really excited to have had such a great first college visit. Hope I've been of use!</p>
<p>PS: Does anyone know about the University of Toronto? Also, what exactly is the difference between a LAC and a National (is that what they're called?) college?</p>