We had to leave the house by 7:45am, so it was definitely still early. We were all a little cranky as we rode up to Greenville. Everyone except for Joshua, who was sleeping with his mouth open next to me in the back seat.
When we finally made it up to the campus and parked, we rode the bus to Wright Auditorium. We found out we were late for the commencement speech, so we decided to go check out the bookstore instead.
What is it about college textbooks that make them so expensive? I know that the publishers costs are not justified in the pricing scheme. I feel like its some sever price gouging and colleges and Universities are complicit in it when they make you consistently buy the newest version. I can understand why when you are dealing with information that is constantly changing, but honestly, do we need a new edition of a math book every six months? I think not unless they needed to add new theorems or rules of math that were recently invented. I do not foresee this happening anytime soon.
Anyway, since we missed the speech (which my family was kind of glad they missed lol), we decided to grab some Starbucks. This campus has one on campus and one just on the edge of campus. So that was a major plus too! After we got some coffee, we went to a Campus Living and Dining Information Session. I felt so out of place. It pretty much all people who would be coming in as freshman and here I am 23 and right there with them. Good thing I look younger than I am.
After the session, we walked down the mall and got on the bus to take a bus tour. I'm really glad that these buses run throughout campus. It makes it easier to get from place to place. I'll have to check up on how the bus schedule runs on a typical basis once I start school. So we had this really funny tour guide. She was sad that she was graduating this semester. She had such passion for ECU and it made me feel like I had really made the best decision.
After we took the bus tour, we went to the Recreation Center. There were a lot of booths set up to display information from many different departments. I met the academic counselor from the Business Department and she was very nice and super helpful. Unfortunately for me, once I start school there I won't be able to declare my major as Business right away. That's OK though. I will work on the other classes I need and I will be advised as what to do anyway. That was one thing I was really happy about. The business department at least seemed to be full of passionate people who were concerned about their students well-being and their progress.
For lunch we went and ate at Todd Dining Hall on College Hill. It was pretty good, although I really didn't eat much. My appetite was much bigger than my actual hunger. I was super pumped that they had Coke Zero in their fountain pop. It made my day, for real. My brother was super excited about the dining hall being all you can eat. He grabbed like 4 or five plates. As we were finishing up our food I noticed some current students starting to sit down near us. They were wearing ATO shirts. I knew there wasn't an ATO on campus. So I went and talked to them, told them I was an ATO in Ohio, that I was transferring there in the fall. The one guy, Ethan gave me his number and told me to give him a text when it came closer to time. I believe they are aiming to get a charter so that ATO can be on ECU's campus. So I just might be an ATO again :), albeit a much older, mature ATO.
After lunch we went to Bates hall to get a better view of the business department. Mrs. Couse (sp?) was very helpful and showed us the classrooms, the staff offices and the Dean's office. What was nice is that my business classes will not have more than 45 students. Which is a good number for a university that has over 27,000 people going to it! I also tested the people in the business career center. I asked them about their internships, aka whether most were paid or unpaid. They were straight up with me and told me the pros and cons of both. I was glad to see they were honest and not just trying to "sell" me. So the last stop at Bates hall was in the computer lab. The speaker was a teacher ready to retire and he was basically talking about what kind of computer was needed as a business student and what operating systems, programs, etc. Pretty much everything I knew, but that's OK it just reinforces my knowledge. What was funny though is how the guy looked in the face and his head movement. I swear it reminded me of this guy:
(Minus the white beard and the jolly fat)
Well, that's all for now. I need to get some sleep as I have to work 10 to 6 tomorrow and I need to get math homework done.
Good night whomever is reading this :)
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