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On another topic, if I could figure out how the hell to get a picture on here I would show you but I can't so today my son was able to take a picture in front of the Big House and we visited the UM Soccer complex. The campus is nothing like I pictured it...I imagined it more like OU to be honest but it's really more of an urban campus is a mid size city, really close to downtown. The location and surroundings reminded me of Harvard and its location central to Harvard Sq in Cambridge and it's sort of its own little town within the town. It really had a cool vibe despite it being a Sunday.
 
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On another topic, if I could figure out how the hell to get a picture on here I would show you but I can't so today my son was able to take a picture in front of the Big House and we visited the UM Soccer complex. The campus is nothing like I pictured it...I imagined it more like OU to be honest but it's really more of an urban campus is a mid size city, really close to downtown. The location and surroundings reminded me of Harvard and its location central to Harvard Sq in Cambridge and it's sort of its own little town within the town. It really had a cool vibe despite it being a Sunday.
Saw the pics on FB. Looked amazing.
 
My son has made a decision....data:image/png;base64,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
 
My son has made a decision....data:image/png;base64,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Well, if anyone could explain how I drop a JPEG in here that'd be ****ing great. I haven't been able to figure out how to get a picture in here in the 10 years I've been on the site. @Chris Harmon maybe you could talk to the folks at Rivals and they could figure out a better way for us to drop media in here
 
Congrats. Was quietly hoping for Michigan but Tufts is an elite academic institution. All his hard work paid off. #eliteeducation.
 
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Congrats. Was quietly hoping for Michigan but Tufts is an elite academic institution. All his hard work paid off. #eliteeducation.
I liked Michigan a lot too. I don't think he could have gone wrong with any of his final 3 to be honest, although Michigan was going to cost us a pretty penny (more than Tufts after aid was figured). I think he felt Michigan was a bit too big. Tufts I think is going to be a great size and I know he has fallen in love with the Boston area and the idea of being able to find internships and jobs at the big EE/CE companies in the area. Plus, the schools he was most excited about on his list were in large city settings. He didn't get accepted into any of the Ivy's but I think only Columbia disappointed him. I think Tufts gives him the right sized school and community and just a 10 minute T-ride into Boston and apparently the Red Sox still do student tickets at $9 to be a center field bleacher creature. He should have a chance to play soccer at Tufts as well whether it's varsity (3 National championships since 2016) or one of their 2 competitive club teams that travel and play inter collegiately and who are quite good according to the web articles we've read. Engineering school is good and a tier 1 research institution. And another school with a really weird story on how it got its mascot and nickname...so weird PT Barnum had a hand in it.

I was familiar with Tufts being from MA and I had quite a few friends from HS who went to Tufts as well. Many of them still live in the area so I'll be calling on them for support since my son will be a long way from us.
 
I liked Michigan a lot too. I don't think he could have gone wrong with any of his final 3 to be honest, although Michigan was going to cost us a pretty penny (more than Tufts after aid was figured). I think he felt Michigan was a bit too big. Tufts I think is going to be a great size and I know he has fallen in love with the Boston area and the idea of being able to find internships and jobs at the big EE/CE companies in the area. Plus, the schools he was most excited about on his list were in large city settings. He didn't get accepted into any of the Ivy's but I think only Columbia disappointed him. I think Tufts gives him the right sized school and community and just a 10 minute T-ride into Boston and apparently the Red Sox still do student tickets at $9 to be a center field bleacher creature. He should have a chance to play soccer at Tufts as well whether it's varsity (3 National championships since 2016) or one of their 2 competitive club teams that travel and play inter collegiately and who are quite good according to the web articles we've read. Engineering school is good and a tier 1 research institution. And another school with a really weird story on how it got its mascot and nickname...so weird PT Barnum had a hand in it.

I was familiar with Tufts being from MA and I had quite a few friends from HS who went to Tufts as well. Many of them still live in the area so I'll be calling on them for support since my son will be a long way from us.
He's going to do great no matter where he goes.
 
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The story behind how they are the Jumbos is interesting. Almost as interesting as how WPI is the Goats (named Gompei). But not quite as interesting as how TU became the Golden Hurricane ;)
 
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The story behind how they are the Jumbos is interesting. Almost as interesting as how WPI is the Goats (named Gompei). But not quite as interesting as how TU became the Golden Hurricane ;)
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My second choice is above.
 
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Their color combination is just weird. They gave my son a t-shirt as an admitted student taking the visit...but he also asked for a hoodie from the campus store (I knew when he asked for that he sort of had made his decision). They had these light "carolina" blue hoodies with brown lettering. The one he got was a navy blue with Tufts in a block TUFTS in the lighter blue color.
 
Their color combination is just weird. They gave my son a t-shirt as an admitted student taking the visit...but he also asked for a hoodie from the campus store (I knew when he asked for that he sort of had made his decision). They had these light "carolina" blue hoodies with brown lettering. The one he got was a navy blue with Tufts in a block TUFTS in the lighter blue color.
Hopefully the brown will always be an accent color on the uniforms. Looking like the UPS soccer team isn't appetizing.
 
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It’s a secret code?

Congrats on the decision.
 
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