Admitted Student Days- hoopla or ho hum

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Has anyone been to any of the Catholic school ones? Specially interested in any of the following: Fairfield, Providence, Holy Cross, BC, and Villanova.

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Anonymous wrote:VA Tech was great (four years ago). Really informative sessions about everything from straight talk about food/dorms/off campus housing to what a pre-med track looks like and how the med school application process works.

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We loved VT’s though we were there for the college of liberal arts. It was eye opening to see the kids who would actually be potential students/friends/roommates, rather than just random people on a tour. And the school did a fantastic job of welcoming and answering all our questions.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m taking DC to Indiana for admitted students day. I hope they like, it but I’m worried the weather will be too huge a factor— the only time we can go is February, and the others we are seeing in April when it’s likely to be nicer.

How big an impact did weather have on your kid’s decision?

I just posted about VT. We went to admitted students day in April and experienced three seasons in one day! Early spring weather, cool and beautiful, blooming flowers and trees - and then midday the temps dropped and it started snowing! It made it all very fun though and everyone raided the bookstore for hats and sweatshirts. It just made my daughter love it even more. The day ended warming up again.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m taking DC to Indiana for admitted students day. I hope they like, it but I’m worried the weather will be too huge a factor— the only time we can go is February, and the others we are seeing in April when it’s likely to be nicer.

How big an impact did weather have on your kid’s decision?

Honestly, I think it is better to go when the weather is cold. It is going to be cold a large part of the school year, so how do they feel about the school in this sort of weather?

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Anonymous wrote:Do kids admitted ED (or who have otherwise committed) go to these admitted student days? Thinking it would still be fun and allow for meeting future classmates but not sure if it's primarily for kids who haven't decided.

Yes, the ones we attended included ED admits.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m taking DC to Indiana for admitted students day. I hope they like, it but I’m worried the weather will be too huge a factor— the only time we can go is February, and the others we are seeing in April when it’s likely to be nicer.

How big an impact did weather have on your kid’s decision?

Honestly, I think it is better to go when the weather is cold. It is going to be cold a large part of the school year, so how do they feel about the school in this sort of weather?

I agree. If you can get hyped even when the weather sucks, that’s a good sign.

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For my ‘24 daughter we narrowed down top top 3 (with cost being biggest factor)

JMU
VT
UofSC

All of them were great and worth going to. We had previously done tours/open houses at all, but still think this was worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:Thought it would be nice to share which schools really did it up big and made it special. Also good to know which were like regular tours, less personal, and maybe less worth the effort and expense to attend.

Bowdoin did a good job. A couple of panels (one on student life, the other academic), parent social separate from the students, club and academic fairs. Lots of opportunity for admitted students to bond. Can't remember if it was a full two days or 1 1/2.

Daughter chose it over two other NESCACs. Happy with decision.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m taking DC to Indiana for admitted students day. I hope they like, it but I’m worried the weather will be too huge a factor— the only time we can go is February, and the others we are seeing in April when it’s likely to be nicer.

How big an impact did weather have on your kid’s decision?

Honestly, I think it is better to go when the weather is cold. It is going to be cold a large part of the school year, so how do they feel about the school in this sort of weather?

I agree. If you can get hyped even when the weather sucks, that’s a good sign.

That was my original thinking too. Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:For my ‘24 daughter we narrowed down top top 3 (with cost being biggest factor)

JMU
VT
UofSC

All of them were great and worth going to. We had previously done tours/open houses at all, but still think this was worth it.

These were my kid’s as well. The visits do make a huge difference. They are happily ensconced in their sophomore year at one of these schools!

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Anonymous wrote:Revisiting this thread as we plan our spring break trips for D26. She's applied to LACs but won't hear back until late March from most of them, and her spring break is early this year- so we'll have a short turnaround time to plan visits. Anyone attend admitted student days at any of the following: Hamilton, Vassar, Carleton, Smith, MHC? Are admitted student days that much more beneficial than just visiting and sitting in on a class or two, especially if you need to miss school to attend?

Carleton did a great job! We were glad we went.

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I enjoyed my admitted students day at Michigan. The school is really good at making the vibes feel good

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How are these events for quiet introverted kids? I'm not sure mine would feel confident enough at the moment to think of any questions and actually ask them of faculty, or mix with other kids and find a roommate!

Specifically thinking of Pitt, Fordham, and Loyola Maryland, if anyone has thoughts on these schools...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m taking DC to Indiana for admitted students day. I hope they like, it but I’m worried the weather will be too huge a factor— the only time we can go is February, and the others we are seeing in April when it’s likely to be nicer.

How big an impact did weather have on your kid’s decision?

Honestly, I think it is better to go when the weather is cold. It is going to be cold a large part of the school year, so how do they feel about the school in this sort of weather?

I agree. If you can get hyped even when the weather sucks, that’s a good sign.

Seriously, we are clearly not raising John Snow types, they can't handle 3 months of winter??

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Bowdoin did a great job - a 2 day affair. Student could attend a class of their choosing, dine in the dining hall, the usual academic and activities fairs, but then they also had a dinner for the kids and a list of things going on that night for kids to attend. Some of it was planned for admitted students (a dessert party at one of the houses) but some of it was just stuff that they had going on a random Thursday night: concert, newspaper meeting, etc.

And the food! The food was amazing and turns out not only for admitted student days, but every day of the year.