A picture is worth a thousand words

Of course, let me add a few more words:

Joel went to ISU on Tuesday with Ken.  It wasn't a full tour because there weren't kids on campus, but it did the trick.

On Friday (no school) Joel made a list of all his important issues.  They he assigned each school a number.  He did consider going to a smaller school (St. Ambrose and Marquette), but in the end having such a great Engineering school in  your backyard with in-state prices was hard to pass up!

He had indicated he would decide his school on Friday ("by the numbers mom").  Although, I could hear him ranking everything and there was a clear winner!  He wanted to be a Hawkeye, but knew Iowa State was a better choice!

So at 10:30 or later Monday night he asked for my credit card to pay for his fees to enroll in school.  Of course I thought it might be nice to hear which school before handing over the credit card :0)

Iowa State University: Home of the Cyclones

Course of study: Mechanical Engineering