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My son and I just got home yesterday from our visit.....(it takes us a while to get back home; we were only there overnite on Thurs.) These, in no particular order are my thoughts on the visit. If you, prospie or parent, attended, please share yours...
-All Denison staff were really friendly and helpful and never made me feel like they didn't have time for us even though there were 185 students/families there for these days.
-my questions were always answered fairly directly
-it still looks pretty preppy in both current and prospie students but there is diversity there; as could be expected those students in the arts portion of campus looked markedly less JCrew
-lots of those students involved in helping with this event were in the Greek system but they for the most part seemed more tolerant and well rounded than the (my) admittedly negative stereotype.
-advisors in both the internship program and especially the off campus studies were really great. Both these programs are truly integrated in the student's education not just an add on. (at a more prestigious LAC we are familiar with this is unfortunately not been the case in our family's experience.)
-lots of the prospies in this group had many excellent LAC and Ivy choices that they were still considering. this leads me to conclude that the stats for this entering class could end up being pretty impressive.
-Something somewhat cryptic is happening with the Honors' Program. I think this has to do with the raised academic profile of entering Denison students; at any rate, it is sort of being phased out in its current incarnation. No one seemed really sure what will happen with the resources it brings to campus.
-I think all of us parents learned a lot from each other as we had many good conversations about our kids' experiences( this lot and older siblings) with admissions and finaid
-It was definitely worthwhile
-Whits' custard was yummy and the Granville Inn was cute and comfy.

Your thoughts?