edthegurl

I'm dying to know :]

investorscooter

Okay, did anyone either go or survive the experience? We'd like firsthand impressions, please!

Momto3

My family and I went with our older dd to the admitted students day last Saturday. There were quite a lot of people there, but it seemed to run pretty smoothly overall. We checked in first at some tables and got nametags. There were stations set up with fruit, bagels, pastries, coffee, juice, etc and the lines went pretty quickly. We then all went into the gym and listened to the chair of the performing arts department and he introduced the president of the university. He gave a good speech along with a slide show and then we went to separate presentations by whichever major you were interested in. My daughter was accepted to the creative writing major, so that's where we went. After that, they had special sessions and you had to choose one, since they were all at the same time. We chose to go to the talk regarding residence life and orientation. It was pretty informative. Then we went to the closing remarks speech basically saying why we should choose to go to Chapman by the chancellor and then it was lunch. They had a nice offering of pastas and salad and some small desserts. We ate outside by the fountain and the weather was beautiful, so it was very nice. Then lastly we wanted to check out the residence halls and went for a tour. The paper said there would be tour guides, but when we walked over there the guy handing us our paper said we could catch up with a group or go on our own. We ended up doing both. As we went into each hall, we would inevitably run into some guided groups, so we would join in with them and listen to any information. The dorms seem nice for the most part. 3 of them are relatively new, and one is much older, but was still okay. They did tell us that all freshman will likely be tripled in all dorms, except Morlan (rooms are all doubles) because of the amount of incoming students is so high. We did go into rooms that were tripled and it still seemed like there was ample space. The new dorm will only be for sophomores and up. Overall it was a good experience and we're glad we made the trip down. It really helped my daughter make up her mind on where to go.

nagga95

Momto3, pretty much covered everything...but i went to the presentation for political science, sociology, peace studies and communications because i was accepted under the political science major. So if anyone has any questions about those majors can ask me....the presentation was very good and we met the professors from each department and they gave us a quick overview about their major

investorscooter

Does anyone know how much a triple room for frosh will be, expense wise? I'm trying to plug that number into our expense scenario and don't want to sugar coat it for the hubby. I keep calling the housing number, and the financial aid number, and all I seem to do is leave my name and phone number. This inability to actually speak to a person when I call is seriously disheartening - I hope it's not what we'll encounter once the academic year starts!

edthegurl

nagga95, I wanted to do a poli sci minor; could you share anything they said about the program

littlegreenmom

investor,

It is actually quite easy to reach people on campus. Let me see if I can find the data on the website and send you a pm.

Today is the deadline to notify campus on admissions, so it is a little busy, I am sure!

littlegreenmom

Also, one other thing:

my son wanted a double last year and got a triple. I believe they will be tripling everything as the other poster stated - even if your child wants a double.

corky

This year my son was tripled... for 1st semester we were billed for the cost of a double room/board and then he received a $757 credit once school started and the triple room held (some kids do drop out after you pay so they wait and see before they refund your triple credit)....you can leave it on your account as a credit or receive a check as a refund.....then 2nd semester he was billled for the triple rate but one of his roommates moved out so we eventually got billed for the extra cost that we owed because the room was now a double....since the room/board rates increased somewhat for next year, the triple reduction might increase a bit too....here is a link to rates I just found.....you can click on residence halls to see a spread sheet of the rates....

Chapman University - Residence Life - Housing Rates

nagga95

edthegirl, the professor presenting the poltical science major was very interesting and impressive. He said that there are typically around 35 students majoring in poltical science which is nice since we will really get to know each professor. He said that most professors are involved with government and politics around orange and they suggest that every student have an internship by their junior or senior year. He said it was possible to double major as well. He also mentioned an opportunity to get an intership in dc and take political science classes at georgetwon university which seems like a great opportunity. heres more info about it: Chapman University - Wilkinson College-Poli Sci-Internships-Semester in Washington

overall i was very impressed by the presentation....hope this helps

edthegurl

thanks, it does!! sounds great :]
hope to see you in some classes then!

nagga95

yeah im sure we will!...what were you thinking of minoring in?

edthegurl

I'm a film production major, but I want to minor in political science. I'm taking the AP gov and comparative politics exams...tomorrow actually, and if I pass both those I will only have to take 5 more poli sci classes to minor.

MamaBear

Good luck tomorrow! You will need to get a 4 or a 5 to get credit at Chapman: Chapman University - Registrar - OC Services - Transfer Courses - AP.

nagga95

yea me too...ive been studying sooo much this weekend...thats sucks about getting a 4...my ap scores from last year wont count = (