The University of Edinburgh

[16 November 2007 - 0700]
Continuing from last night....

Oh, by the way, right now I'm getting ready to go get a tour of Lloyd's of London from one of my dad's clients. It should be very cool. You know what Lloyd's is, right? It's a collection of insurance firms that started a long, long time ago in London, insuring ships that crossed the Atlantic to go seek out the New World. Now it's world-famous and sits in a gigantic, amazing building right next to Leadenhall Market in the Monument Square area of the City of London.

.... Yesterday, I saw the University of Edinburgh, which is, and has been for some time, the school at which I wish to receive my post-secondary education. The campus is spread throughout the city, and the housing is as well, which is very interesting. There are two main blocks of the school, though, and those are the King's Buildings, which are a short distance out of the city to the south, and is where the Science and Math colleges are. The other is George Square, where most of the language and humanities are located.
Whilst there, I was able to meet with the admissions officer for US students, and she told me everything I need to know. It sounds like an AMAZING school and I honestly can't wait for high school to end because I'm DYING to go to school there. There, or maybe....

[16 November 2007 - 2132]
Today, as previously stated, I got to go and get a tour of Lloyd's of London. Unfortunately, we got on the wrong tour, and the guy that my dad talked to who was supposed to give us the tour was hurt, but, being a very nice man, he wasn't too fussed. As soon as my dad discovered our blunder, which wasn't until after our tour with another, equally kind although rather older man, we called up Jim (the guy my dad had originally made the plans with) and worked out a way to meet with him later. Around 1400, we met him in the lobby at Lloyd's and then sat down and talked in the café they have there. I must say, he is an exceptionally wonderful person with endless things to talk about. We discussed everything from sports to my sister's future career, and what my mother and sister and I had done in Edinburgh the few days previously. We talked about how I went and saw the University of Edinburgh, and he immediately brought his alma mater, LSE (London School of Economics), into the discussion. Of course, being a graduate of a ridiculously prestigious and well-known college, he gave way to the "my school is better than yours" (or, in this case, "my school is better than that one", seeing as Edinburgh is not yet mine) air and manner of being. But that's fine by me, because I still have a lot of research to do (and years to live) before I'll be admitted to any university. Knowing about LSE and University of Edinburgh (and now Imperial College, which is where his son is attending) will help me make a more well-rounded and better educated choice on colleges to apply to.
That's all for now.
I've got other things to attend to... things that are more important than my blog :)