Anonymous
02/15/2026 08:23
Subject: Re:Best admitted student days?
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.
Good for Brown!
I didn't realize any college allowed parents to attend (my kids are not yet applying - I am here because I am procrastinating). I went to Brown's admitted student day ages ago and didn't like it. But I did love Brown. Congrats to your kid - it is a great school!!!
Uh, I was under the impression that it’s pretty much assumed a parent goes to the accepted student days.
I went to one yesterday and every student had parents with them. On our tour of 15 families for the CS department, every student had one or both parents with them.
Anonymous
02/15/2026 03:14
Subject: Re:Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Good for Brown!
Marketing strategy indeed. Let’s wow the googly eyed 17 year olds.
I know it’s shocking, but they’re the ones going to college!
But for the most part, the parents are paying. For $376K ($94k per year), they could wine and dine the parents a bit.
Actually, only about half of the parents are paying.
Anonymous
02/14/2026 22:58
Subject: Re:Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Good for Brown!
Marketing strategy indeed. Let’s wow the googly eyed 17 year olds.
I know it’s shocking, but they’re the ones going to college!
But for the most part, the parents are paying. For $376K ($94k per year), they could wine and dine the parents a bit.
That 94k goes for the $25 wine bottles and catered lunch
Anonymous
02/14/2026 21:45
Subject: Re:Best admitted student days?
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.
Good for Brown!
Marketing strategy indeed. Let’s wow the googly eyed 17 year olds.
I know it’s shocking, but they’re the ones going to college!
But for the most part, the parents are paying. For $376K ($94k per year), they could wine and dine the parents a bit.
Anonymous
02/14/2026 20:59
Subject: Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote:Did your younger (or older kids)/ siblings of college-bound kid tag along on admit/preview days?
Yes!
Anonymous
02/14/2026 20:42
Subject: Best admitted student days?
Did your younger (or older kids)/ siblings of college-bound kid tag along on admit/preview days?
Anonymous
04/25/2022 22:33
Subject: Re:Best admitted student days?
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!
I didn't realize any college allowed parents to attend (my kids are not yet applying - I am here because I am procrastinating). I went to Brown's admitted student day ages ago and didn't like it. But I did love Brown. Congrats to your kid - it is a great school!!!
Anonymous
04/25/2022 19:16
Subject: Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote:The Helicopter Generation for sure. Why on earth would parents go to a half a dozen "admitted STUDENT" days with their kid?
Because it is just nice to spend time with my kid.
I don't care all that much about the actual admitted student days as my kid is the one who will ultimately be making the decision regarding what college they will attend (we are fortunate to be full pay so all schools where she was accepted are options).
I do, however, enjoy spending time with my daughter and realize that in 3+ months she will begin a new phase of her life and our time together will be forever changed. Not worse, not better but certainly never the same as the past 18 years.
So, that is why I go along with her all the admitted student days she desires to attend. Plus, restaurants and eating out = no cooking! A win for me right there.
Anonymous
04/25/2022 16:12
Subject: Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Helicopter Generation for sure. Why on earth would parents go to a half a dozen "admitted STUDENT" days with their kid?
Because some students have trusting relationships with their parents and want their help and suppprt in making this big life decision.
Guess what? Believe it or not, some of us even went wedding dress shopping with our mothers!
+1
The PP is either a troll, an obnoxious kid, or just a pathetic parent.
Anonymous
04/25/2022 12:48
Subject: Re:Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote: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?
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.
Anonymous
04/25/2022 12:42
Subject: Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote:Not thrilled with admitted student days that require a booster
Not thrilled with families that send unvaxxed or unboosted college students into my classroom.
Anonymous
04/25/2022 12:30
Subject: Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote:We’ve been to several but my favorite was Denison’s. There was a reception the night before for the parents (I’m not great at small talk so I skipped this) and the students went out on a scavenger hunt around campus (my DC went and had fun). The following day, there was a welcome by the Denison president (who is very impressive) followed by different activities you could pick. Students could also go to classes if they wanted. We were fed 3 times if we are keeping score. The whole event was really well organized.
Agree it was well organized , including hotel and shuttle bus from airport and to the university.
However the reception with open bar and passed out appetizers felt a little bit much to me. I guess they know to schmooze with the people writing the checks for the deposit.
Anonymous
04/25/2022 07:53
Subject: Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote:The Helicopter Generation for sure. Why on earth would parents go to a half a dozen "admitted STUDENT" days with their kid?
DS is still choosing which school to attend, so we need the information to help him decide. Also, the expect the parents, which is why they have parent sessions on things like paying tuition.
Anonymous
04/25/2022 07:36
Subject: Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote:The Helicopter Generation for sure. Why on earth would parents go to a half a dozen "admitted STUDENT" days with their kid?
Because some students have trusting relationships with their parents and want their help and suppprt in making this big life decision.
Guess what? Believe it or not, some of us even went wedding dress shopping with our mothers!
Anonymous
04/24/2022 22:42
Subject: Best admitted student days?
Anonymous wrote:The Helicopter Generation for sure. Why on earth would parents go to a half a dozen "admitted STUDENT" days with their kid?
What a bizarre question.