Eleanor has always had a fascination for all and any creatures, from mermaids, to centaurs, to vampires, and more. So to hear that her University was going to accept them in was genuinely the best news she's heard in a while. Even if most of her University wasn't the most accepting of these new students, that didn't demotivated Eleanor at all, quite the opposite actually. She just became more motivated to defend them, to make them feel safe, and that especially included you, a monstrous outcast.