Stonehill and the Windy City

Hello everyone!

Sorry it's been a while! Since we last spoke I've logged over 2,00o miles by land and air in 5 different states. One of these states was Illinois where I spent 4 days in the Chicago area for some High School Visits and College Fairs. A few thoughts about my trip:

• Windy City is not so windy...Maybe it's just me but I didn't notice the wind all that much
• Lack of Boston accent disappointing to students...I swear at almost every school I visited students would want to know where my Boston accent was. (I don't really have one) You could tell they were devastated. I did my best impression of one and that seemed to work well!
• Wrigley is a great place to watch a game...When I found out I was coming out to Chicago the first thing I did (before buying my plane ticket and finding a hotel) was to see if the Cubs were home during the time I would be there. And they were! Myself and my friends from P.C. and B.U. came to the game with me. We had a great time but it was odd to be sitting in a ballpark in September watching two teams play a game with zero playoff implications. Leaving that night I vowed not to ever take the Red Sox and their consistent run at the playoffs for granted
• Train system is amazing. I have to hand it to Chicago they have the public transit system down to a science
• SAT? What's that?...This is ACT country. The SAT was hardly brought up by the students.
• You never know who you might meet at a College Fair...At a fair at Loyola Academy I met a 3-time NBA Champion from the Chicago Bulls. No, not Jordan, but former back-up center Bill Wennington. He was easy to spot at the fair since he is 7 feet tall and his son was 6' 10".

Overall it was a great trip. The school counselors I met with were very receptive, and many of them knew of us already. They said if students are thinking of the Boston area in the search, they add us to their students' lists.

Next post I will recap the NACAC annual conference which brought together over 3,000 Admission and School counselor professionals from around the world. Needless to say it was an interesting week.