Well, Nathan had his first college campus tour this weekend at the Iowa State University.... Nathan really liked it! He liked how friendly everyone was, and how nice the campus was - 30,000 students, but all in a pretty condensed area. He also liked that you don't have to reapply to get into the Engineering discipline you want to be in. Once you're in, you're in (assuming you don't flunk out!).
The one problem is that you need 3 or 4 years of a foreign language to get on the MN reciprocity deal that they offer - so Nathan may need to take Spanish this summer to be eligible for $20K worth of scholarship money - not fun!!