Anonymous
Post 02/18/2026 18:11     Subject: Best admitted student days?

Anonymous wrote:What other colleges pay for student plus parent to visit like Oberlin does?


Kenyon does.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2026 16:13     Subject: Best admitted student days?

What does UMBC do for admitted students?
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2026 15:16     Subject: Best admitted student days?

Anonymous wrote:My DC has a CLASS that Oberlin offers to all admitted students. It meets every Tuesday evening for two hours. It's an interdisciplinary look at climate change. The first hour is a very engaging lecture with a different professor from a different department each week, and the second hour is a small group discussion facilitated by a college senior and covers the reading, but also let's the students talk with each other. The course is free and is two credit hours if you end up going to Oberlin. It's been awesome as our DS is getting rid of pre-college jitters, the class is interesting, and he is excited every Tuesday. It's been interesting for us because Oberlin was one of three schools that DS was truly viewing as of equal interest, but now he only talks about Oberlin and this class. He hasn't made a final decision (and we haven't either as we will have to sign off), and things could change, but it's looking like Oberlin. And if so, he world go in with some added confidence.


Very smart of Oberlin to offer this.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2026 08:52     Subject: Best admitted student days?

What other colleges pay for student plus parent to visit like Oberlin does?
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 21:56     Subject: Best admitted student days?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DC has a CLASS that Oberlin offers to all admitted students. It meets every Tuesday evening for two hours. It's an interdisciplinary look at climate change. The first hour is a very engaging lecture with a different professor from a different department each week, and the second hour is a small group discussion facilitated by a college senior and covers the reading, but also let's the students talk with each other. The course is free and is two credit hours if you end up going to Oberlin. It's been awesome as our DS is getting rid of pre-college jitters, the class is interesting, and he is excited every Tuesday. It's been interesting for us because Oberlin was one of three schools that DS was truly viewing as of equal interest, but now he only talks about Oberlin and this class. He hasn't made a final decision (and we haven't either as we will have to sign off), and things could change, but it's looking like Oberlin. And if so, he world go in with some added confidence.


Don’t miss out on the “All Roads Lead to Oberlin” admitted student days. They got us good - the absolute best we’ve attended. Graduating in May!

Plus Oberlin will actually pay for our plane tickets (student plus 1 guest) for the admitted student day visit!
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 21:52     Subject: Best admitted student days?

Caltech was the best! Kid really loved MIT too. Stanford did a nice job also.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 21:40     Subject: Best admitted student days?

We attended two:
- UMD College Park was incredibly well organized for its size. I liked it very much.

- Johns Hopkins. It was a nice two-day event with a lot packed in. For some reason, I expected better, but it was nice.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 21:27     Subject: Re:Best admitted student days?

Anonymous wrote:Loved Lafayette College's admitted student day. It was on a Sunday and, among other things, they brought in several of their top professors to teach special classes.


A few years ago on admitted student day at Lafayette, my daughter went to one of the classes she was assigned to and the professor never showed up! Big disappointment. She enrolled elsewhere...
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 10:15     Subject: Best admitted student days?

This thread is from the first year post-COVID that these programs happened. What they are like today is probably totally different.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 09:53     Subject: Best admitted student days?

Anonymous wrote:My DC has a CLASS that Oberlin offers to all admitted students. It meets every Tuesday evening for two hours. It's an interdisciplinary look at climate change. The first hour is a very engaging lecture with a different professor from a different department each week, and the second hour is a small group discussion facilitated by a college senior and covers the reading, but also let's the students talk with each other. The course is free and is two credit hours if you end up going to Oberlin. It's been awesome as our DS is getting rid of pre-college jitters, the class is interesting, and he is excited every Tuesday. It's been interesting for us because Oberlin was one of three schools that DS was truly viewing as of equal interest, but now he only talks about Oberlin and this class. He hasn't made a final decision (and we haven't either as we will have to sign off), and things could change, but it's looking like Oberlin. And if so, he world go in with some added confidence.


Don’t miss out on the “All Roads Lead to Oberlin” admitted student days. They got us good - the absolute best we’ve attended. Graduating in May!
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 09:43     Subject: Best admitted student days?

William and Mary
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 09:41     Subject: Best admitted student days?

College of Charleston used to have a champagne toast for parents on the Cistern Yard. Not sure if they still do?
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 08:25     Subject: Best admitted student days?

Eckerd college in Florida had a parents reception with wine and networking during the Admitted Students event.

Dcum is weird. You don’t sent your student alone to admitted student days.