OT: Visited UConn today

[muhmitchell]

As the title suggests, took a guided tour of the campus today. What a beautiful day and a beautiful campus, I can definitely see myself there. Also as a side note, saw Terrence and Phil Nolan at the Student Union. Also ran into Omar Calhoun a little bit later.

 

[alexd]

Good luck....just make the right decision for you.

Two questions....how tall are you? And...can you hit three's at a decent clip???

 

[uchusky32]

Only 3 scholarships available. Might want to get on board before they go to someone else.

 

[Silk City]

Only 3 scholarships available. Might want to get on board before they go to someone else.

As the title suggests, took a guided tour of the campus today. What a beautiful day and a beautiful campus, I can definitely see myself there. Also as a side note, saw Terrence and Phil Nolan at the Student Union. Also ran into Omar Calhoun a little bit later.

I hope Phil didn't fall over when you ran into him

 

[The Smart One]

Only 3 scholarships available. Might want to get on board before they go to someone else.

He's not a player at least judging by his past posts+threads /creepmode

 

[muhmitchell]

He's not a player at least judging by his past posts+threads /creepmode

Yeah just a kid who's favorite players happen to be Nolan and Terrence. But I'll certainly be a force at the ping pong tables

 

[Jaker]

sign a LOI and we will figure things out later.

 

[Stainmaster]

Best of luck to you. Your story reminds me of a fateful encounter I had in the union several years ago...I want to say it was September of '11 when a few HS friends and I were eating there for lunch. I bumped into AO and J. Lamb in line at Wendy's and ended up chatting with them for a few minutes. Despite everything that transpired with him after that season, AO couldn't have been nicer and more gregarious. He jokingly said "sure thing" when I asked if they could bring back another title. In retrospect, I realize that was horrible mojo.

 

[uchusky32]

He's not a player at least judging by his past posts+threads /creepmode

Really, I didn't know. Thanks for informing me....Smart One.

 

[B1GEast]

Can you rebound?

 

[OkaForPrez]

I hope Phil didn't fall over when you ran into him

Nailed it.

 

[Leebo]

He's not a player at least judging by his past posts+threads /creepmode

Now I know how you got that name. Impressive deduction.

 

[husky99]

Think about the long term also. Which school will give you the most money vs education. I have ex students who visit and they joke how their grandkids will have to make their final loan payment. Wild times for higher education

 

[Dove]

Yeah just a kid who's favorite players happen to be Nolan and Terrence. But I'll certainly be a force at the ping pong tables

So, you're Asian?

 

[benjordan]

It's not really fair to see the campus on a beautiful day like this.. unfortunately it's the outlier not the norm.

 

[8893]

It's not really fair to see the campus on a beautiful day like this.. unfortunately it's the outlier not the norm.

 

[zyron]

It's not really fair to see the campus on a beautiful day like this.. unfortunately it's the outlier not the norm.

I guess the weather pattern around Storrs changed since I went there. I remember beautiful days all the time.

 

[UConNick]

I guess the weather pattern around Storrs changed since I went there. I remember beautiful days all the time.

Nope! In my nearly 2 years here, I think we've had a Tuesday with NO rain maybe twice (guess what the forecast says for Storrs tomorrow?). It's really taken on its own persona. Not to mention that this winter was the most brutal that any student had seen on campus. Plus the weather overall has been very peculiar since about the second week of October. Hopefully this week is the swing in the other direction we've been waiting for since March.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Nope! In my nearly 2 years here, I think we've had a Tuesday with NO rain maybe twice (guess what the forecast says for Storrs tomorrow?). It's really taken on its own persona. Not to mention that this winter was the most brutal that any student had seen on campus. Plus the weather overall has been very peculiar since about the second week of October. Hopefully this week is the swing in the other direction we've been waiting for since March.

I'm not sure if you noticed, but the weather this winter was also bad off campus.

 

[6xChamps]

I am a senior. The weather here is awful. Rains all the time and the wind is brutal. BUT that makes nice days like today and yesterday even better.

 

[zyron]

I am a senior. The weather here is awful. Rains all the time and the wind is brutal. BUT that makes nice days like today and yesterday even better.

I went from 96-01. Spring and Summer was always beautiful. The quad in the Jungle was always packed with people everyday just hanging out.

 

[Huskies4ever]

So, you're Asian?

Or a Forest Gump protoge

 

[UCFan1513]

Visited Chapel Hill yesterday and looked around some of the classrooms their athletes "learrn" at. At Wake Forest tomorrow, hitting up the carwash and my boy in the wake pullover

 

[CL82]

I'm not sure if you noticed, but the weather this winter was also bad off campus.

I'm not sure if he noticed but it does tend to cool down a bit in the winter, but the good news is that it warms up pretty much every Spring.

 

[ctchamps]

As the title suggests, took a guided tour of the campus today. What a beautiful day and a beautiful campus, I can definitely see myself there. Also as a side note, saw Terrence and Phil Nolan at the Student Union. Also ran into Omar Calhoun a little bit later.

The reason you didn't see DHam, Brimah or Purvis is because KO is saving them for Miller.

 

[8893]

Weather has never been our strong suit, but the last two winters have been absolutely brutal. Imagine basing your decision whether to attend a Boston-area school on last winter's weather?

New England weather is what it is. I've lived in better and worse climates, but at the end of the day I love the change of seasons, and you don't get that in any greater contrast than here. And Fall and Spring are almost always beautiful.

I remember many great weather days as a student at UConn. Hell, when I lived in Watson they sold t-shirts for "Watson Beach," the little hill where people would lay out on nice weather days. If it's really nice, Mansfield Hollow was a great scene. And yes, winters like the one we just had make the nice days all that much nicer.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

try going to school in syracuse

 

[Hoophound]

Weather has never been our strong suit, but the last two winters have been absolutely brutal. Imagine basing your decision whether to attend a Boston-area school on last winter's weather? New England weather is what it is. I've lived in better and worse climates, but at the end of the day I love the change of seasons, and you don't get that in any greater contrast than here. And Fall and Spring are almost always beautiful. I remember many great weather days as a student at UConn. Hell, when I lived in Watson they sold t-shirts for "Watson Beach," the little hill where people would lay out on nice weather days. If it's really nice, Mansfield Hollow was a great scene. And yes, winters like the one we just had make the nice days all that much nicer.

Your mind is remembering very selectively. Reality is, you probably did Mansfield Hollow a few times and those t-shirts got used twice. The school year ends too early for UConn to have much good weather. I remember some great spring days golfing at Skunk or hanging around outside while people served drinks from basement windows in the Jungle. When my thoughts come together I start to realize many of these memories were made on one particular day.

The best weather is September and October. By then everyone wants the weather to cool down so it isn't used for bikinis and what not.

 

[deedougie]

So, you're Asian?

Or a future Tech worker in the Bay Area?

 

[8893]

Your mind is remembering very selectively. Reality is, you probably did Mansfield Hollow a few times and those t-shirts got used twice. The school year ends too early for UConn to have much good weather. I remember some great spring days golfing at Skunk or hanging around outside while people served drinks from basement windows in the Jungle. When my thoughts come together I start to realize many of these memories were made on one particular day.

The best weather is September and October. By then everyone wants the weather to cool down so it isn't used for bikinis and what not.

No, I remember it accurately. I've said that the weather has never been a selling point, but imo it's not a deal breaker, either. Some of my favorite memories are from some of the worst weather days, especially hurricanes like Gloria and Bob. And at least a couple Spring Weekends that were close to washouts.

I guess my take is that I am a New Englander and what I remember is New England weather--nothing more, nothing less. If people chose their colleges based on weather, New England colleges wouldn't continue to be among the most popular and well-regarded in the world. I tend to think it makes you stronger, and I've always been a bit of a mudder.