collegebound_09

My son was admitted into Austin College with a 80k scholarship (yay), and therefore, we are highly considering attending Austin College since money is tight.

He received an invite from his admissions rep to attend this "Roo Camp." What sorts of things happen? Will he be able to stay the night? Can we meet with staff/faculty? Thanks for any insider info.

In addition, how strong of a university is Austin College for pre med? My son really has high hopes for medicine, and he's a great student. Will Austin College be a good fit for him?

spurfan

Congratulations on the scholarship.

Do not know much about the Roo camp but I do know that they have a really good pre-med and pre-dental program. People who do tough it out and manage to get thru the pre-med program without dropping out have a high chance of gettin thru to medical schools. From the presentation I attended, about 90 kids pre-med students got accepted into medical school over the past 5 years. It may not sound like a lot but each freshman class has only 320-340 students and not everybody who intend to do pre-med from among those continue on. Loved the campus and the feel of the college but unfortunately, I will not be attending here.

Though I have the same scholarship, I got really good scholarships from a few other schools and we, my parents and I, ruled out Austin College.

ricedoutracer

Hey,

I will be attending but not stay overnight since i live about thirty miles away.

My sister is a graduate from Austin College and is now in Med School, the path I wish to follow.

During Roo Camp, Students & Parents get to meet some of the faculty and tour the campus while both the student and parent[s] get a view at college life at "AC"

Ill try to post the url for the itinerary for the Camp

ricedoutracer

http://www.austincollege.edu/Attachm...eTentative.pdf

Here it is