Today was the College of William and Mary. A plus was that we got to see only one cafeteria. The tour guides were better prepared and more knowledgeable about the school than the others we have been to. Our guide did very well, but it is obvious that he is a liberal arts major at a liberal arts school. He mentioned that they had a "big magnet" that moved some sort of particles but didn't know what it was (cyclotron?) and had actually been in the chemistry department. I particularly liked his description of the physics course he took "Physics for Poets." Sure beats the heck out of NC State's general chemistry course in the University Studies ciriculum, it was just called general chemistry, but guaranteed you that you wouldn't know anymore chemistry when the class ended than you did when the class started.
The campus was nice and would have been much nicer if the tour had been done in 3 weeks. No. 4 is now plotting her course to become a student at the College of W&M. Not a bad choice if she can make it and we can afford it.
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