Anonymous wrote:Interesting to see Lafayette mentioned. I just talked to someone in the last week who said it was poorly organized. Also that there was mention of a free pen given to the first student who had committed to the school, and then the Dean held up more pens and said he would give one to any kid present who signed up that day. I swear I’m not kidding.

Cringey.

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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!

+1

We only attended one, at W&M. It was very well done, but I wish parents had a separate session track or were otherwise not allowed to attend sessions with their kid. Some kids had many family members with them. It made it difficult for DD to talk to other kids. I dropped DD off and walked around Colonial W'burg thinking she'd have more fun getting to know people without me there, but no such luck. She still liked the school, but was sad she didn't get to interact with many other kids.

That is interesting bc W&M orientation *does not* include parents with their kids. You move in, orientation starts and your kid is busy. Even in Covid, we moved in, fed her lunch, went to Target, and were given the boot. We spent the night, met her roommate’s family for lunch the next day and then went to the beach for the weekend. There was no in person Parent orientation - all by zoom bc of Covid. This year will hopefully be back in person.

We are talking about Admitted Students Day

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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!

+1

We only attended one, at W&M. It was very well done, but I wish parents had a separate session track or were otherwise not allowed to attend sessions with their kid. Some kids had many family members with them. It made it difficult for DD to talk to other kids. I dropped DD off and walked around Colonial W'burg thinking she'd have more fun getting to know people without me there, but no such luck. She still liked the school, but was sad she didn't get to interact with many other kids.

That is interesting bc W&M orientation *does not* include parents with their kids. You move in, orientation starts and your kid is busy. Even in Covid, we moved in, fed her lunch, went to Target, and were given the boot. We spent the night, met her roommate’s family for lunch the next day and then went to the beach for the weekend. There was no in person Parent orientation - all by zoom bc of Covid. This year will hopefully be back in person.

We attended three admitted students' days -- U Mary Washington, Christopher Newport, and JMU. All three were good, but CNU and JMU were particularly well done. Meeting with faculty members really made a difference.

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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!

+1

We only attended one, at W&M. It was very well done, but I wish parents had a separate session track or were otherwise not allowed to attend sessions with their kid. Some kids had many family members with them. It made it difficult for DD to talk to other kids. I dropped DD off and walked around Colonial W'burg thinking she'd have more fun getting to know people without me there, but no such luck. She still liked the school, but was sad she didn't get to interact with many other kids.

Ditto. UVA did a better job and ultimately DOTL is what swung her vote.

Bryn Mawr didn't have one. So dd struck it off her list.

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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!

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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!

+1

We only attended one, at W&M. It was very well done, but I wish parents had a separate session track or were otherwise not allowed to attend sessions with their kid. Some kids had many family members with them. It made it difficult for DD to talk to other kids. I dropped DD off and walked around Colonial W'burg thinking she'd have more fun getting to know people without me there, but no such luck. She still liked the school, but was sad she didn't get to interact with many other kids.

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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!

Anonymous wrote:JMU's admitted students' day (Choices) was fantastic. Extremely well-organized and thorough. We had a chance to go to each major presentation DC was interested in, plus a study abroad session, dorm tours, and lunch in one of the dining halls. Fun, informative day. Still deciding!

Agreed, JMU was well done. DS made his final decision on JMU right after attending Choices

Did anyone go to one at Duke? DC found it uninspiring although they still love the school.

Some schools aren’t offering them still this year, Middlebury for example only has virtual option. Can do a 45 minute tour in person for admitted students, that is it.

Case Western’s and Georgetown’s were really well done. Really informative and area of study specific.

It's fun to read about admitted student days, since my '21 grad only had virtual options last year. But this term she's enrolled (and in person) in one of the classes she visited virtually last spring, and she is loving college. Time flies! Good luck to everyone with their decisions.

Interesting to see Lafayette mentioned. I just talked to someone in the last week who said it was poorly organized. Also that there was mention of a free pen given to the first student who had committed to the school, and then the Dean held up more pens and said he would give one to any kid present who signed up that day. I swear I’m not kidding.