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02-11-2008, 10:40 AM
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| How to Meet College Admission Officers in Spring 2008
The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) has posted its spring 2008 schedule of National College Fair events. NACAC Spring National College Fairs Schedule and Information
College fairs offer students (and parents) a chance to meet a lot of admission officers from a lot of different colleges. They usually include specialized workshops on such topics as financial aid and selective college admission.
I'll try to post to this thread, as the information comes in, links to college schedules of regional information sessions or high school visits conducted individually or jointly by colleges. If you hear of any such meetings, please post the news here, and after we attend various meetings, it would be much appreciated to post visit reports to this thread.
Best wishes to all of you students who are looking for colleges to apply to next year, the year after, or farther into the future. | 
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02-11-2008, 01:32 PM
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02-11-2008, 02:43 PM
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| Thanks for the link to the other college fair. Here is the New England spring 2008 college fair schedule: Spring Fair Schedule - NEACAC | |
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02-12-2008, 08:31 PM
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| Some colleges have posted, or will soon post, their spring travel schedules.
Exploring College Options Consortium (Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Penn, Stanford) Exploring College Options
Eight of the Best Colleges Consortium
(Claremont McKenna College, Colorado College, Connecticut College, Grinnell College, Haverford College, Kenyon College, Macalester College, Sarah Lawrence College) Eight of the Best, One The Road, Admission, Claremont McKenna College
Lutherancolleges.org Map & Schedule
Claremont Colleges Claremont Colleges Receptions, One The Road, Admission, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont McKenna College
Clark University Clark University | Admissions | Clark on the Road - Information Sessions
Cornell College (Mt. Vernon, IA) Off-Campus Events
Davidson College Davidson in Your Area
Indiana University https://www.indiana.edu/~iuadmit/events/index.php
Knox College Knox on the Road
Linfield College Campus Visit: Fairs and Visits
Northeastern University Visit Campus > College Fairs
Penn State Penn State Undergraduate Admissions
Purdue University Purdue University Undergraduate Admissions: visiting: Purdue Comes to You
Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah College of Art and Design > SCAD Information Sessions
University of Miami Regional College Fairs | University of Miami | |
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02-12-2008, 09:43 PM
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| Quick question, what are some things you should ask a college admission officer? | |
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02-12-2008, 11:34 PM
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| One good question that any admission officer should be ready for is "What makes your college different from other colleges?" or "What kind of student fits into your college?" or something along that line. That gives the admission officer a chance to give his or her standard spiel while still giving you information that distinguishes that college from other colleges.
You could also ask any question you have after reading the brochures or browsing the college website. Anything that you've made a decent effort to find out and is still unclear is something worth asking about if it is important to you. | |
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02-12-2008, 11:42 PM
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what are some things you should ask a college admission officer?
| Boxers or briefs?
On a serious note... the general rule is avoid obvious questions that you could resolve on your own with a few clicks on your computer. By asking deeper, more specific questions, you can show that you're really interested in the school and not just applying because their SAT figures are impressive or what not. | |
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03-15-2008, 08:05 PM
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| Update as of 15 March 2008
Some colleges form consortia with other colleges and travel together. Such joint information sessions are very interesting and pack a lot of information into one meeting. Sometimes one member of a consortium will post the joint travel schedule for all the colleges before any of the other consortium members do, so check each college website for the schedules.
Exploring College Options (Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Penn, Stanford) Exploring College Options
Eight of the Best Colleges Consortium (Claremont McKenna College, Colorado College, Connecticut College, Grinnell College, Haverford College, Kenyon College, Macalester College, Sarah Lawrence College) Eight of the Best, One The Road, Admission, Claremont McKenna College
Lutherancolleges.org Map & Schedule
Claremont Colleges Claremont Colleges Receptions, One The Road, Admission, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont McKenna College
And plenty of colleges schedule individual visits to college fairs or to stand-alone college information sessions.
Clark University Clark University | Admissions | Clark on the Road - Information Sessions
Cornell College (Mt. Vernon, IA) Off-Campus Events
Davidson College Davidson in Your Area
Georgetown University (showing schedule of Exploring College Options joint programs) Georgetown University- Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Harvard University (this tends to be updated rather late) Harvard College Admissions Office: Harvard in Your Hometown
Indiana University https://www.indiana.edu/~iuadmit/events/index.php
Johns Hopkins University Hopkins Undergraduate Admissions :: Visit :: Off-Campus Events
Knox College Knox on the Road - Knox College
Linfield College Campus Visit: Fairs and Visits
New York University NYU > Undergraduate Admissions > Explore NYU > Visiting Us > Off-Campus Visits
Northeastern University Visit Campus > NU In Your Area
Penn State Penn State Visits You! - Penn State Undergraduate Admissions
Purdue University Purdue University Undergraduate Admissions: visiting: Purdue Comes to You
Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah College of Art and Design > SCAD Information Sessions
University of Chicago (includes joint programs with Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, and Rice University) https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level2.asp?id=90
University of Miami Events in Your Area | University of Miami
University of Minnesota College Fairs
University of Pennsylvania (including Exploring College Options joint programs) Penn Admissions: Penn in Your Town
Yale University (listing joint events with Brown and MIT) http://admissions.yale.edu/events/ | |
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03-15-2008, 08:26 PM
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| Argh. Very few schools seem to be coming anywhere near the midwest. Looking at a few of these schedules, it seems that I'd have to travel just as far to get to the college fairs as I would to get to the actual colleges. | |
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| I received some questions by private message, and I think the answers will be of general interest, so here goes:
1) Is it OK for freshmen to go?
Yes, that is fine. My son tagged along with me one time when I was really doing my personal research, and not expecting him to do anything but look around. He was sixth-grade age at the time, and was treated very politely by representatives of a famous college at the college fair I attended that day. They invited him and me to attend a regional information session later that school year, the first I ever attended.
2) Whatever you normally wear to school is appropriate dress; I certainly see high school students who look like regular high school students at most college information sessions I attend.
3) If they wind up speaking with someone, is their contact "tracked"?
It may or may not be, depending on the college. If the conversation begins with "I'm a freshman, and I'm just getting an early start looking around," that shouldn't be off-putting if the student is young and acts younger than a senior.
4) It is a good idea for the student to have a personal email address that looks serious, for example jsmith@isp.com
rather than hotpartyingbabe@aol.com
or whatever it is that teens do these days to try to be funny with email addresses.
I hope that helps. Just being your own polite self and asking reasonably informed questions should go a long way toward gaining information and making a (possibly remembered, possibly not) good impression. | |
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03-16-2008, 07:54 AM
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| When's a good time to meet them? | |
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03-16-2008, 08:43 AM
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When's a good time to meet them?
| I mean, in what year of your high school (Sophomore, Junior etc) | |
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