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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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

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![/quote]

[b]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. [/b][/quote]

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? [/quote]

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. [b]Why do you care?[/b][/quote]

Wow. This is an aggressive response. I really don’t care at all how many accepted student days your DC attended. However, I would think you could eliminate a few before you travelled all over the country. That is all. My DC is a sophomore in college majoring in acting-, so also applied to a lot of schools you have listed. DC did not get into anywhere NEAR this level of schools (congrats to your DD) and we eliminated Muhlenberg very quickly without a re-visit when making her final decisions. [/quote]

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