1. People find certain university's with what they want to learn
2. A sport
3. A friend goes there.
4. A family member goes/went there.
Loads of reasons, you just have to be creative
There are numerous facts she could include. She could write that they always consist of 14 lines and that they originated in Italy, created by Francesco Petrarch, but were later adapted for the Iambic Pentameter and became highly popular in England due to people like Shakespeare and Earl of Surrey.
A it is true well it should be