Wayne State College

We had our 4th visit today. Hard to believe we've only been in the states for a week and a day, we've been to so many places and have driven so many miles and in so many states, I was up by 4:55 this morning and by 6 we were all at breakfast and on the road before 7! It was a 5 hour drive from Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Wayne, Nebraska. It was a LONG drive, I mean ride! I have never seen so much corn in my entire life! Just a bit of information, Wayne is in Wayne Nebraska which has a population of a little over 5000 people. The school has 3,558 students so it is a very small area. The school is bigger than the others but the town is by far the smallest. When I say small I mean small! 

                               

                                                       College Visit

We made it to Wayne State College (WSC) around noon and were given discount lunch tickets. Yes I said discount tickets. WSC already lost points for Ash because we had to pay for lunch. Our discount gave us a dollar off the price. Most importantly the pizza was not up to par with the other schools and I didn't even finish eating it! However, the patty melt was amazing! While all the food was ayce it was served by the staff as opposed to the other schools where you served yourself. 

After lunch, we met up with the admissions officer and a group and had a general admissions briefing. Robert has already been accepted here so we are ahead of the game. The admissions girl gave a great briefing and was very nice. We were then met by our navigator Robbie, who gave us a tour of campus. The campus is nice and has a lot of updates throughout. ALL of the dorms are co-ed here and have some crazy rules on opposite sex visitors! Some dorms have 24/7 visitation and some only on the weekends. So that means so fast little girl can spend the weekend in my sons room! What?!?! Um WSC just went down on my list ;) 

Next we met with the Department Chair of the area Robert would study. He gave us some information and a tour of the exercise science facilities. They have an amazing program and a pretty cool lab full of fun looking equipment and toys that bubba would get to play with. 

We ended our day with a visit with the DC and talked basics and timelines. Since this is a DII school they can offer football scholarships so he gave us some info on how that process works as well as the red shirt process. Finally we chatted with the head coach. Robert's current DC attended school here and knows the current coach. The coach is prior AF and began his coaching career while stationed overseas in Greece. It's pretty cool to visit all these random schools and realize that there is a connection somehow, just shows how small our world really is! We didn't stay for practice since we have a 2 hour drive to South Dakota, so we ended our time at WSC and hit the road.

                                                     Final Thoughts

I liked WSC. I enjoyed the people we encountered and that the students were polite and respectful. Since we had a short visit we didn't have a chance to meet any of the football players but as we were walking with the coach, they were heading to practice and everyone spoke to him and he addressed them all by name. It is a bigger school, but I liked the size and the opportunities that come with a bigger school. But, it's in Nebraska. That means I won't be able to drive to games once we move back to the states. Being a DII school means better facilities an amazing field and possible athletic scholarship offers. Guess we will have to wait and see what happens! 

                                       

Just in case you are keeping track, so far in our 8 days we have been to; 6 states, 4 colleges, and 7 hotel rooms! One night we got to stay two nights in a row!!! 

Up next, is Augustana in South Dakota. Stay tuned!