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[quote=Anonymous]I was a January freshman at Bates many years ago and while I wouldn't want to change my choice to attend Bates, I really wish I had gotten a chance to be a fall freshman.  I hated coming in the winter - especially because it was cold and snowy and that made people less likely to socialize.  It was also that everyone worked SO hard during first semester to make friends that they were not really interested in expending effort to make new ones when the Jan's showed up.

We also had an unfortunate housing placement away from the main freshman dorm, but in a dorm that housed multiple years.  I think that if we were placed in the freshman dorm it might have helped somewhat.  Who knows. It wasn't terrible but it wasn't ideal at all.

I have discussed this with my children and they both agree they won't be willing to accept a midyear offer.  The one exception might be Middlebury because they make a big deal of the Feb's.

It sounds like your daughter has already accepted her spot so at this point there may not be a lot you can do - is she allowed to attend orientation with everyone else?  That would help.  Bates didn't do that for us and it was a mistake IMO.  These days with social media and easy communication, if someone could attend the week of orientation and then keep in touch with people online it might work out just fine.  Back in the day, this just wasn't possible.

Best of luck to your daughter this fall - it's definitely hard to be the person not leaving for school while everyone else does.  Is she doing the traditional London term?  If so, she may not care.  Otherwise, try to keep her distracted and not on social media seeing her friends move into college and have fun.
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