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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a January Freshman many years ago and I HATED it.  Everyone had spent fall semester figuring things out and making friends and it was really not fun to be the new person coming in after people had settled into their groups/routines.  I would never let my child do this because it really impacted my feeling of belonging starting from day one.  I was at a NESCAC school and we had about 40 students starting with me but it was not the same at all as being a freshman with a class of 500.

Just my two cents from a student who wished she hadn't gone that route.[/quote]

I would strongly oppose my kid doing this for exactly this reason. I might go so far as to say I wouldn't pay for it. Offering January admission to an incoming freshman is a shitty thing to do, definitely not in the best interest of the student, and I don't care to send my money to a school that engages in this practice.[/quote]

I'm PP and I 100% agree.  It's not good for students, just helping the college fill spots that spring Junior Semester Abroad opens up.  I've told any parents considering it for their kids to take it off the table.  I met my husband in college and he has so many fond memories of fall freshman year but I always felt cheated and not part of the inside jokes that come from being new freshmen together.  In the end I took off another semester in spring of senior year (would have been my first semester senior year) because I wanted a full senior year, given the fact that I had no real freshman year.  I ended up graduating with the following class but never really felt like I belonged in that class either.  It was just not good.  I was very outgoing and had fun in general but it was really hard being "between classes".[/quote]

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