tokenadult

Last year a "hot" question to ask at spring information sessions of various colleges was how the college treats applications submitted with more than one set of test scores. Does the college "superscore," or does it take the best single-sitting test score, or do something else? It would be good to review this spring what each college says about such policies when you attend college information sessions.

This year one hot question seems to be whether a college cares or not about where else you are applying. What is the effect of NOT saying where else you are applying? What is the effect of saying, and mentioning more selective colleges (or less selective colleges) as part of your list?

Another hot question this year is whether it really makes a difference how a student self-identifies as to ethnic category when applying to college, and whether it is possible to totally leave off information about ethnic category without consequence for admission.

Those are some questions I'm seeing coming up in quite a few threads. What hot questions do you see this year on CC that would be good to ask college admission officers at regional information sessions?

tokenadult

One question to ask at admission information sessions might be the frequently asked question, does it look bad to self-report "low" AP test scores (say a score of 3, 2, or 1)? My guess is that self-reporting any AP test score looks better than not taking the test at all, but this is something we could all ask about.

tokenadult

Columbia University has posted its schedule of spring 2008 meetings.

Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions - Introductions to Columbia

tokenadult

The University of Miami has posted its spring information session schedule for 2008.

Register for Spring Information Sessions | University of Miami

tokenadult

Duke has announced its spring 2008 schedule of regional meetings.

Duke University Admissions Website

tokenadult

The Brown, MIT, and Yale joint meetings have their own consortium website.

Brown + MIT + Yale | Spring Travel

jackief

Got an invitation in the mail to a college fair "in our area" for Bowdoin, Carleton, Pomona, Swarthmore. I looked on a couple of these colleges sites for a more complete list, but didn't see one.

Unfortunately, my daughter is not able to make the closer location and the other is too far for us on a school night. She is also only a sophomore, so I hope this group travels again next year we would try to make it

The dates included in her letter are
May 13 Clarion Hotel Portland ME
May 14 Doubletree Suites Waltham MA

7:30 start, no end time listed.

tokenadult

Thanks for letting us know about those college fairs. Best wishes to your daughter for finding out more about colleges that interest her.

tokenadult

Boston University has announced its schedule of spring 2008 receptions.

Boston University Admissions - Receptions

tokenadult

Thanks to sybbie719 for mentioning that the sisters colleges (a consortium of famous women's colleges) are having an information meeting in New York City.

The Sisters

tokenadult

Thanks again to sybbie719 for mentioning that SUNY is hosting SUNY college nights.

SUNY: Activities and Events

tokenadult

Some of these events have happened by now in various parts of the country. I'd be grateful to hear from participants what you learned and what the event was like in your town.

tokenadult

Carnegie Mellon University has updated its webpage about admission visits to other states for spring 2008.

Carnegie Mellon Counselors on the Road

tokenadult

Whitman College is currently traveling to spring information sessions, some of which include representatives of other colleges.

Admission Officer Travel

momof3sons

tokenadult-I know that I responded to your post #42 concerning an Exploring College Options program I had attended with my S. You asked a follow-up question about whether they showed any slides with snow , and yet all my posts seem to have disappeared. Any idea what happened?