Best admitted student days?

[Anonymous]

The one at UIUC was depressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I miss the old days where you stayed in dorms, went to frat parties and then your parents picked you up the next day

Not sure about frat parties, but Yale is having students stay in dorms for two nights if they want to and parents aren't invited to any events. The students go from Monday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon.

I was just telling my coworker about our admitted students day and he said that both his (slightly older but still in college) kids went to preview Reed College and got offered drugs during their stay. That seemed both hilarious and maybe a red flag for me.

[Anonymous]

VT was great - the enthusiasm from all the kids and parents was so palpable. Got to sit in on presentations for each major DC was interested in, and met a lot of really nice people. DC committed shortly after that visit and is thrilled to be going there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown had an incredible admitted student day. Went to several other admitted student days and Brown did the best job by a wide margin. DC cannot wait to be on campus.

Brown was our least favorite. Parents weren’t allowed. And the sessions were the least academic focused of others we attended.

Well, Brown among the Ivies is the most "loosey goosey" with respect to its curriculum (you can do whatever you want). So not surprised there was less of an academic focus. Probably why kids like it.

That is a bunch of stereotypical nonsense. Brown has a very rigorous curriculum. In fact, many of courses in the sciences at Brown push the students much harder than they do at others ivies. The main reason is that the students in these courses all want to be there out of interest (thanks to the open curriculum). So, they don't mind getting pushed hard. Lets not confuse more freedom to take courses with less rigor. Also don't confuse less focus of grades with less rigor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown had an incredible admitted student day. Went to several other admitted student days and Brown did the best job by a wide margin. DC cannot wait to be on campus.

Parents weren't allowed at Brown for two important reasons.

1) They wanted the students to interact and bond with each other. With parents around this never happens.
2) They wanted the event to have only the essential folks due to COVID restrictions.So, only students (with proof of vaccination) made sense.

Parents were offered campus tours and trolley tours of Providence. I think it generally worked out extremely well. The best of the college days this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I miss the old days where you stayed in dorms, went to frat parties and then your parents picked you up the next day

MIT had this - and still has it. A whole long weekend’s worth. Complete with liquid nitrogen ice cream.

[Anonymous]

^ Sad nobody on this thread mentioned MIT as having a good admitted students weekend! 😕

[Anonymous]

Princeton! Amazing for students and parents. Made me wish I had chosen Princeton over a different HYPSM back in the day.

[Anonymous]

Not sure what College of Charleston is doing now, but pre-covid they had a champagne celebration in the Cistern Yard for parents while students went off for their own sessions. So lovely …

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown had an incredible admitted student day. Went to several other admitted student days and Brown did the best job by a wide margin. DC cannot wait to be on campus.

Brown was our least favorite. Parents weren’t allowed. And the sessions were the least academic focused of others we attended.

Yes, we were a little underwhelmed w/ Brown though it was still good. I wish they had offered more subject specific panels and had the kids eat in the dining hall to sample the food. I'm sure they did food trucks to hide it! Would have been nice to feed the parents. They did have yours for parents. (Vassar and Northwestern had separate parent lunches, which was appreciated). Great swag though. Brown gets best swag! Also, departments were very open. DD was able to wander in and discuss programs/options. Parents listserv is great, and I was able to set up a student connection for DD through that.

NU was very well organized except for the tour. Good specific major info. Vassar was well organized too. Both had subject specific panels. Vassar was very open with facilities. Both fed everyone well.

Dartmouth was smaller as they did many admitted student days with fewer organized activities. Missed having some kind of panel there, but DD got to sit in on a class of interest. No lunch for parents there either, but at least kids got to eat in dining hall to sample and were paired up with a current student for that experience. That was helpful.

Muhlenberg pulled out all the stops. Paid for hotel, had a scholars dinner and seminar night before. On day of had huge activities and departmental fair plus in depth panels, dorm tours, had marching band, a capella groups etc (NU had performing groups too). Great food (their big selling point), though they did not stock enough in the morning. It was impressive (though not enough to supplant the top tier admits).

Wesleyan was OK. General talks w/a few panels. Activities fair w/ very few activities represented. Another food truck situation, so kid couldn't sample dining hall. Parents paid for lunch.

It's been a long week and a half!

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ THIS LONG POST, LET ME SUMMARIZE: Serving parents a lunch at the Admitted Students Day was really important to this poster. I mean, REALLY IMPORTANT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown had an incredible admitted student day. Went to several other admitted student days and Brown did the best job by a wide margin. DC cannot wait to be on campus.

Brown was our least favorite. Parents weren’t allowed. And the sessions were the least academic focused of others we attended.

Good for Brown!

+1

“This is a Helicopter Parent No-Fly Zone”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown had an incredible admitted student day. Went to several other admitted student days and Brown did the best job by a wide margin. DC cannot wait to be on campus.

Brown was our least favorite. Parents weren’t allowed. And the sessions were the least academic focused of others we attended.

Yes, we were a little underwhelmed w/ Brown though it was still good. I wish they had offered more subject specific panels and had the kids eat in the dining hall to sample the food. I'm sure they did food trucks to hide it! Would have been nice to feed the parents. They did have yours for parents. (Vassar and Northwestern had separate parent lunches, which was appreciated). Great swag though. Brown gets best swag! Also, departments were very open. DD was able to wander in and discuss programs/options. Parents listserv is great, and I was able to set up a student connection for DD through that.

NU was very well organized except for the tour. Good specific major info. Vassar was well organized too. Both had subject specific panels. Vassar was very open with facilities. Both fed everyone well.

Dartmouth was smaller as they did many admitted student days with fewer organized activities. Missed having some kind of panel there, but DD got to sit in on a class of interest. No lunch for parents there either, but at least kids got to eat in dining hall to sample and were paired up with a current student for that experience. That was helpful.

Muhlenberg pulled out all the stops. Paid for hotel, had a scholars dinner and seminar night before. On day of had huge activities and departmental fair plus in depth panels, dorm tours, had marching band, a capella groups etc (NU had performing groups too). Great food (their big selling point), though they did not stock enough in the morning. It was impressive (though not enough to supplant the top tier admits).

Wesleyan was OK. General talks w/a few panels. Activities fair w/ very few activities represented. Another food truck situation, so kid couldn't sample dining hall. Parents paid for lunch.

It's been a long week and a half!

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ THIS LONG POST, LET ME SUMMARIZE: Serving parents a lunch at the Admitted Students Day was really important to this poster. I mean, REALLY IMPORTANT.

With those admits (Dartmouth, Brown, Vassar, NU), why would you go to Muhlenberg and Wesleyan? Seems like you over did it. I would think you only got to the top 2 or 3?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown had an incredible admitted student day. Went to several other admitted student days and Brown did the best job by a wide margin. DC cannot wait to be on campus.

Brown was our least favorite. Parents weren’t allowed. And the sessions were the least academic focused of others we attended.

Yes, we were a little underwhelmed w/ Brown though it was still good. I wish they had offered more subject specific panels and had the kids eat in the dining hall to sample the food. I'm sure they did food trucks to hide it! Would have been nice to feed the parents. They did have yours for parents. (Vassar and Northwestern had separate parent lunches, which was appreciated). Great swag though. Brown gets best swag! Also, departments were very open. DD was able to wander in and discuss programs/options. Parents listserv is great, and I was able to set up a student connection for DD through that.

NU was very well organized except for the tour. Good specific major info. Vassar was well organized too. Both had subject specific panels. Vassar was very open with facilities. Both fed everyone well.

Dartmouth was smaller as they did many admitted student days with fewer organized activities. Missed having some kind of panel there, but DD got to sit in on a class of interest. No lunch for parents there either, but at least kids got to eat in dining hall to sample and were paired up with a current student for that experience. That was helpful.

Muhlenberg pulled out all the stops. Paid for hotel, had a scholars dinner and seminar night before. On day of had huge activities and departmental fair plus in depth panels, dorm tours, had marching band, a capella groups etc (NU had performing groups too). Great food (their big selling point), though they did not stock enough in the morning. It was impressive (though not enough to supplant the top tier admits).

Wesleyan was OK. General talks w/a few panels. Activities fair w/ very few activities represented. Another food truck situation, so kid couldn't sample dining hall. Parents paid for lunch.

It's been a long week and a half!

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ THIS LONG POST, LET ME SUMMARIZE: Serving parents a lunch at the Admitted Students Day was really important to this poster. I mean, REALLY IMPORTANT.

I guess you didn't really read the post. Reading and comprehension not your forte. I get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown had an incredible admitted student day. Went to several other admitted student days and Brown did the best job by a wide margin. DC cannot wait to be on campus.

Brown was our least favorite. Parents weren’t allowed. And the sessions were the least academic focused of others we attended.

Yes, we were a little underwhelmed w/ Brown though it was still good. I wish they had offered more subject specific panels and had the kids eat in the dining hall to sample the food. I'm sure they did food trucks to hide it! Would have been nice to feed the parents. They did have yours for parents. (Vassar and Northwestern had separate parent lunches, which was appreciated). Great swag though. Brown gets best swag! Also, departments were very open. DD was able to wander in and discuss programs/options. Parents listserv is great, and I was able to set up a student connection for DD through that.

NU was very well organized except for the tour. Good specific major info. Vassar was well organized too. Both had subject specific panels. Vassar was very open with facilities. Both fed everyone well.

Dartmouth was smaller as they did many admitted student days with fewer organized activities. Missed having some kind of panel there, but DD got to sit in on a class of interest. No lunch for parents there either, but at least kids got to eat in dining hall to sample and were paired up with a current student for that experience. That was helpful.

Muhlenberg pulled out all the stops. Paid for hotel, had a scholars dinner and seminar night before. On day of had huge activities and departmental fair plus in depth panels, dorm tours, had marching band, a capella groups etc (NU had performing groups too). Great food (their big selling point), though they did not stock enough in the morning. It was impressive (though not enough to supplant the top tier admits).

Wesleyan was OK. General talks w/a few panels. Activities fair w/ very few activities represented. Another food truck situation, so kid couldn't sample dining hall. Parents paid for lunch.

It's been a long week and a half!

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ THIS LONG POST, LET ME SUMMARIZE: Serving parents a lunch at the Admitted Students Day was really important to this poster. I mean, REALLY IMPORTANT.

With those admits (Dartmouth, Brown, Vassar, NU), why would you go to Muhlenberg and Wesleyan? Seems like you over did it. I would think you only got to the top 2 or 3?

Because Muhlenberg had merits in terms of her interests, and DD wanted to make sure she had thoroughly considered everything. It's not just about rank for her. it's about fit. I personally think she should have eliminated that one before visiting, but she wanted to make sure she checked out everything. Why do you care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown had an incredible admitted student day. Went to several other admitted student days and Brown did the best job by a wide margin. DC cannot wait to be on campus.

Brown was our least favorite. Parents weren’t allowed. And the sessions were the least academic focused of others we attended.

Yes, we were a little underwhelmed w/ Brown though it was still good. I wish they had offered more subject specific panels and had the kids eat in the dining hall to sample the food. I'm sure they did food trucks to hide it! Would have been nice to feed the parents. They did have yours for parents. (Vassar and Northwestern had separate parent lunches, which was appreciated). Great swag though. Brown gets best swag! Also, departments were very open. DD was able to wander in and discuss programs/options. Parents listserv is great, and I was able to set up a student connection for DD through that.

NU was very well organized except for the tour. Good specific major info. Vassar was well organized too. Both had subject specific panels. Vassar was very open with facilities. Both fed everyone well.

Dartmouth was smaller as they did many admitted student days with fewer organized activities. Missed having some kind of panel there, but DD got to sit in on a class of interest. No lunch for parents there either, but at least kids got to eat in dining hall to sample and were paired up with a current student for that experience. That was helpful.

Muhlenberg pulled out all the stops. Paid for hotel, had a scholars dinner and seminar night before. On day of had huge activities and departmental fair plus in depth panels, dorm tours, had marching band, a capella groups etc (NU had performing groups too). Great food (their big selling point), though they did not stock enough in the morning. It was impressive (though not enough to supplant the top tier admits).

Wesleyan was OK. General talks w/a few panels. Activities fair w/ very few activities represented. Another food truck situation, so kid couldn't sample dining hall. Parents paid for lunch.

It's been a long week and a half!

IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ THIS LONG POST, LET ME SUMMARIZE: Serving parents a lunch at the Admitted Students Day was really important to this poster. I mean, REALLY IMPORTANT.

Totally