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06-28-2008, 02:11 PM
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| Fall 2008 Events Where Students Can Meet Admission Officers
Hi, everyone,
Many years ago I began attending National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) National College Fair NACAC National College Fairs
events, as research for my personal Web site.
In 2003 at the Minnesota National College Fair, my son and I were invited at the Harvard booth there to attend a Harvard-specific regional information meeting at Southwest High School later that fall. That was my first experience with college regional information sessions, which I have found to be very informative and a good supplement to college fairs. I'll mention both kinds of events in this message.
The NACAC National College Fairs NACAC National College Fairs
and NACAC Performing & Visual Arts College Fairs NACAC Performing & Visual Arts College Fairs
are large events, often held in convention centers, with usually hundreds of colleges sending representatives. Not all colleges attend the same NACAC college fairs, so the colleges that appear at the nearest NACAC event to your town may be different from those appearing in another town. I find NACAC college fairs seriously overstimulating  but very interesting and informative. Most include a certain number of seminar sessions on specialized topics as well as the opportunity to meet dozens of college representatives in their convention exhibitor booths.
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06-28-2008, 02:24 PM
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Sometimes particular secondary schools or school districts or consortiums of schools or other organizations organize local college fairs.
Fairfax County Public Schools College Fair and College Night Information
(large event in Virginia)
CSRA College Night Education Outreach Programs - CSRA College Night
(regional event in Georgia)
College Fairs of Greater Denver, Inc. College Fairs of Greater Denver, Inc. - College Nights and Fair Dates
Colleges also have their own regional information sessions, by themselves or with just a few other colleges. Some prospective students travel here to Minnesota from Iowa or South Dakota to attend regional information sessions--that's still less expensive than traveling to the college, in some cases. Some regional events happen in the summer, and a few websites are not yet complete with a full schedule of fall meetings. If you know of other Web links like this, feel free to share them in replies to this thread. I'll first list consortium programs and then list programs of individual colleges. Some colleges that participate in consortium programs have plenty of individual programs too.
Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges) Claremont Colleges Receptions, One The Road, Admission, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont McKenna College
Colleges That Change Lives Consortium (about thirty liberal arts colleges from Agnes Scott College to Whitman College) CTCL Events | Colleges That Change Lives
Exploring College Options consortium (Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Penn, and Stanford) Exploring College Options
Exploring Educational Excellence Consortium (Brown, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, and Rice) Exploring Educational Excellence
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 Admission Staff on the Road: Sarah Lawrence College
Lutherancolleges.org Map & Schedule
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06-29-2008, 06:30 PM
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Many colleges post lists of regional information sessions. In some cases those are stand-alone events, and in other cases they are participation by that college in local or regional college fairs or high school visits, not all of which may be open to the public. Some of these websites are still being updated.
American University AU Visits You
Amherst College https://cms.amherst.edu/admission/road
Arizona State University ASU Near You
Barnard College Barnard College Admissions
Bates College Bates College | Alumni/ae Interviews
Bentley College college_fair : Bentley
Boston College Eagle Overview - Boston College
(The Boston College Web page is not laid out correctly for browser
independence.)
Boston University Boston University Admissions - Receptions
Brown University Brown Admission: Brown Near You
Butler University Counselor Travel - Go to Butler University!
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Caltech Undergraduate Admissions: Caltech In Your City
Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon Visits You
Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University - Alumni Interview Request
Claremont Colleges Claremont Colleges Receptions, One The Road, Admission, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont McKenna College
Clark University College Fairs Listed by Date | Undergraduate Admissions ~ Clark University
Colby College Colby College | Admissions & Financial Aid | Off-Campus Interviews
Colgate University Colgate: Colgate On The Road
Columbia University Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions - Introductions to Columbia
Connecticut College Connecticut College : Admission - Connecticut College Visiting You
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa) Off-Campus Events
Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) Cornell University Undergraduate Admissions Office - EVENTS
Culinary Institute of America Events in Your Area-The Culinary Institute of America
Dartmouth College Dartmouth In Your City
Davidson College Davidson in Your Area
DePauw University DePauw University: Admission Visit Events
Duke University Duke University Admissions Website
Emory University Emory in your area
Georgetown University Georgetown University- Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Harvard University Harvard College Admissions Office: Harvard in Your Hometown
Harvey Mudd College Mudd on the Road
Haverford College Haverford College Office of Admission: Meet a Counselor in Your Area
Indiana University: Bloomington https://www.indiana.edu/~iuadmit/events/index.php
Johns Hopkins University Hopkins Undergraduate Admissions :: Visit :: Off-Campus Events :: Explore Hopkins Information Sessions
Kenyon College Kenyon Comes to You - Kenyon College
Lake Forest College Lake Forest College > Lake Forest on the Road
Lander University LU on the Road
Lehigh University Lehigh University :: Admissions: Evening Programs
Lesley College LESLEY COLLEGE | Let's wake up the world
Linfield College Campus Visit: Fairs and Visits
Macalester College Macalester Admissions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MIT Admissions: Fall Recruitment Travel Schedule
McDaniel College McDaniel in Your Area
Meredith College Meredith College Admissions : Meredith on the Road
Mount Ida College Mount Ida College: On the Road
New York University NYU Off-Campus Information Session
Newbury College Newbury College - Admission - Financial Aid - Newbury On The Road
Northeastern University Northeastern University Undergraduate Admissions > Visit Campus > NU In Your Area
Northwestern University Northwestern Comes to You, Office of Undergraduate Admission - Northwestern University
Norwich University Norwich University On the Road
Oberlin College Oberlin Visits | Oberlin on the Road
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) Penn State Visits You! - Penn State Undergraduate Admissions
Princeton University Princeton University | Princeton on the Road
Reed College Reed College Admission Office
(Following the Reed links to particular state events or using the
clickable map may resize your Web browser window or do other nasty things.)
Rice University Rice University | Prospective Students
Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah College of Art and Design > SCAD Information Sessions
(The SCAD page is not very well designed from a Web usability point of
view.)
Smith College Smith College: Smith on the Road
Stanford University Stanford in Your Area : Stanford University
Truman State University Find Counselor Events in Your Area - Office of Admission - Truman State University
University of Chicago University of Chicago College Admissions | Chicago Visits You
University of Miami Events in Your Area | University of Miami
University of Minnesota Twin Cities College Fairs
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC : VISITING CAROLINA : IN YOUR TOWN
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Penn Admissions: Penn in Your Town
University of Redlands University of Redlands - Redlands in Your Area
University of Rochester University of Rochester : Events in Your Area
University of Virginia U.Va. Office of Admission > U.Va. Visits You
(includes links to joint sessions of Virginia with other colleges)
Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University Road Show
Vassar College Vassar College || College Fair Schedule
Villanova University Villanova Visits You
Washington University in St. Louis Admissions Receptions
Wesleyan University Wesleyan University : Admission
Wheaton College http://www.wheaton.edu/admissions/Un...legefairs.php4
Whitman College Admission Officer Travel
Wilkes Honors College (Florida Atlantic University) Wilkes Honors College
Yale University http://admissions.yale.edu/events/
Please let me know of any other regional college visits you have heard about.
P.S. If you are planning to attend any of these meetings this fall, I'd be grateful if you post a visit report to this thread.
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08-07-2008, 12:10 PM
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The posts in this thread have been updated as of August 2008. Please let us know of other links in replies to this thread, and feel free to post reports about these events here too.
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08-22-2008, 07:42 PM
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Thank you for this thread. I hope others will post as information becomes available.
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08-30-2008, 04:29 PM
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Thank you, tokenadult.
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08-30-2008, 10:36 PM
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You're welcome.
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09-12-2008, 05:06 PM
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^^ Replying to the above, yes, I think that means that you can attend for free as a student. That's the usual pattern at a college information meeting. Often the colleges have to pay for booth space at a college fair, but the visiting high school students are generally (always?) admitted free of charge.
Another parent sent me a useful link CU On The Road | Freshman Students | University of Colorado at Boulder
to information on University of Colorado information sessions.
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09-13-2008, 10:19 AM
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This list is a terrific resource. Thank you!
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09-13-2008, 01:50 PM
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You're welcome. I hope to go to one of these meetings next week, and if I get my notes typed up soon I'll post them here.
I'd love to hear from other people, in replies to this thread, what they think of college information sessions they attend.
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09-13-2008, 05:17 PM
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I too would like to hear about experiences with off-campus information sessions. Which ones, where, worth the trip?
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09-14-2008, 02:44 PM
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Is there any admission-based edge you get by attending (i.e., showing interest etc)?
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