Fall Diversity Visit Programs: A Compilation

Keilexandra · 08-25-2009, 07:50 PM

This is an up-to-date (as of August 2009) list of FALL diversity overnight programs offering free transportation/room/board. Open to ALANA students (including Asians) unless otherwise noted. I've provided contact information only for confirmed '09 programs.

Sources: Thanks to entomom and Diversity weekend opportunities for the research jumping-off point. I also referenced a PDF file called "multicultural-students" listing '06 programs, found somewhere through Google and saved to my computer.

If you have updated information on the schools marked ?, please let me know. I will try to keep this updated.
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Amherst - Diversity Open House Weekends, 9/26-9/28 and 10/24-10/26 (OVERDUE; rolling but priority 8/3 and strongly encouraged 8/14) '09, priority to low-income [Dale Hendricks, dhendricks@amherst.edu]

Bates - Prologue to Bates, 10/11-10/13 (DUE 9/11) and 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/9) '09, requires GC rec for travel scholarship [http://www.bates.edu/x183047.xml]
?Bowdoin - Bowdoin Invitational, '08
?Bryn Mawr - MOSAIC 10/15 '06
?Brown - Open House for Minority Students, 10/28 '06, travel grant?

Carleton - Taste of Carleton, 10/29-10/31 (app released in Sept.) '09
?Colby - Discover Colby, 10/29-10/30 '06
Colorado C - Multicultural Open House, 11/5-11/7 (DUE 10/5) '09, also open to first-gen and low-income, extra $500 subsidy for parent/guardian, individual travel grants (for different date) on case-by-case basis [http://www.coloradocollege.edu/admis...OpenHouse.asp]
Cornell - Engineering Fall Hosting Weekend, 10/16-10/18 (DUE 9/16) '09 [http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/p...l-Hosting.cfm]

Dartmouth - Dartmouth Bound 7/23-7/25 (OVERDUE 6/3) and 8/6-8/8 (OVERDUE 6/1) '09, Native American Fly-in 10/4-10/7 (OVERDUE rolling 6/1 to 8/24) '09 []Dartmouth Bound

Grinnell - Diversity Leaders Program, 10/30-11/1 (app released in early Sept.) '09, also first-gen [http://www.grinnell.edu/admission/visit/gdlp/]

Hamilton - Diversity Overnight Program, 10/11-10/12 or 10/25-10/26 (both DUE 9/28) '09, min. 3.0 GPA [Fax 315-859-4457 or mail to Kyra Young]
?Hampshire - ALANA Program, 11/10 '06

?Lehigh - Diversity Preview Day, 9/23 '06; Diversity Achievement Program, 11/12-11/13 '06; Multicultural Weekend?

Macalester - Multicultural Sampler, 10/1-10/4 and 10/22-10/25 (both OVERDUE) '09
?Mary Baldwin (VA) - Multicultural Weekend, 1/19-1/20 '07; Minority Recruitment Weekend?
Middlebury - Discover Middlebury, 10/18-10/20 (DUE 9/11) '09 [http://www.middlebury.edu/NR/rdonlyr...B08/0/DM09.pdf or contact Manuel Carballo, mcarball@middlebury.edu]
?Mt. Holyoke - Voices of Diversity Program, 11/5-11/6 '06

?U of New Hampshire - Discover UNH Weekend, 11/4-11/6 '06 [http://admissions.unh.edu/visit/discoverunh.html]
UNC-CH - Hispanic/Latino Student Recruitment Weekend, 9/18-9/19 '09 [http://www.unc.edu/diversity/prospec...weekend.html]; Native American Recruitment Weekend, 11/16-11/18 '07 [http://www.unc.edu/diversity/prospec...tweekend.html]

Oberlin - Multicultural Visit Program, 10/1-10/3 (DUE 9/4) and 11/12-11/14 (DUE 10/16) and 12/3-12/5 (DUE 11/6) '09 [http://www.oberlin.edu/admissions/mvp/]
?Ohio Wesleyan - Multicultural Open House Program, 2/1-2/3 '07

?U of Pittsburgh - PM 'itsv'

Reed - Multicultural Scholars Preview Days, 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/1) '09, all applicants receive app fee waiver [http://www.reed.edu/apply/mspd/]

?Rice - Vision Weekend '09 (2/17-2/19 '08) [Laura Villafranca, laurav@rice.edu, 713-348-2830]

Scripps - Preview Scripps (Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program), 9/20-9/22 (DUE 9/1) '09, "traditionally underrepresented" students [http://www.scrippscollege.edu/admiss...w-scripps.php]
?Simmons (MA) - Multicultural Admissions Program, 10/15 and 11/18 '06
Smith - Women of Distinction Program, 11/13-11/15 (DUE 9/25) '09 [http://www.smith.edu/admission/wod/]
Swarthmore - Discover Swarthmore (previously Discovery Weekend), 10/3-10/5 (DUE 8/28) '09 [Swarthmore College :: Discover Swarthmore! :: Discover Swarthmore! 2009 or discover.swarthmore.edu]

?Trinity (CT) - Preview Weekend, 11/11-11/13 '06
?Tufts - Students of Color Outreach Program (TELESCOPE), 11/9-11/10 '06

?Union - Multicultural Weekend, 10/7-10/9 '06; "Getting to Know You" 10/10-10/12 '08

?Wellesley - ALANA overnight, 10/15-10/16 '06; Discover Wellesley Weekend? 10/18-10/19 '09, "link to come in late August" [http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/a...calendar.html]
Wesleyan - Transportation Assistance Program, 10/11-10/12 (DUE 9/21) and 11/10-11/11 (DUE 10/16) '09, not explicitly multicultural [http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/tap.html]
?Wheaton (MA) - Diversity Day, 10/9 '06
Whitman - Visit Scholarship Program, 10/8-10/9 (DUE 9/11) and 11/12-11/13 (DUE 10/9) '09, also underrepresented socioec []Offices and Departments
Williams - Window on Williams, 10/1-10/3 and 10/15-10/17 (both OVERDUE 8/22) '09 [Liliana Rodriguez, lrodrigu@williams.edu, 413-597-2211]

?Yale - Multicultural Open House, 10/7 '06, travel grant?

10scholar · 08-25-2009, 08:56 PM

Thanks Keilexandra very much for this list. I would suggest this gets stickied. I would've never found out about these programs if not for CC, and that was on the Amherst forum. It took me a ton of research to sort through all of them for colleges I'm interested in, and I've ended up applying to the Amherst, Williams, and Middlebury ones. I think that they're wonderful opportunities and that it's important for kids to know they're out there. Thanks again!

Keilexandra · 08-25-2009, 10:13 PM

^ Maybe I'll see you at Amherst!

kwu · 08-25-2009, 11:43 PM

Haha, Swarthmore was the only LAC that sent me an invitation to its Discovery Weekend. *sigh*

applicannot · 08-25-2009, 11:59 PM

I got an invitation from Scripps. I kind of wanted to go but since there's a ridiculously small chance that I'll be going there (LAC + so far away + all women) I decided not to take the spot or the grant from someone who actually wants to go. Washington University in St. Louis has a Discovery Weekend not limited to URMs but that is all-expenses paid and by invitation.

Keilexandra · 08-26-2009, 12:25 AM

^ Is Wash U's weekend in the fall? I know they have one in the Spring for ALANA students (friend went and said it was majority Asian).

EDIT: Found the link. Doesn't appear to pay expenses, though; that part is probably by invitation.
http://admissions.wustl.edu/DW/Pages/default.aspx

applicannot · 08-26-2009, 09:11 AM

Yes, WashU's weekend is in September. It is all expenses paid by some invitations.

Keilexandra · 08-26-2009, 02:57 PM

Minor updates to Amherst and WashU. Anyone have more information to contribute?

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This is an up-to-date (as of August 2009) list of FALL diversity overnight programs offering free transportation/room/board. Open to ALANA students (including Asians) unless otherwise noted. I've provided contact information only for confirmed '09 programs.

Sources: Thanks to entomom and Diversity weekend opportunities for the research jumping-off point. I also referenced a PDF file called "multicultural-students" listing '06 programs, found somewhere through Google and saved to my computer.

If you have updated information on the schools marked ?, please let me know. I will try to keep this updated.
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Amherst - Diversity Open House Weekends, 9/26-9/28 and 10/24-10/26 (OVERDUE; rolling but priority 8/3 and strongly encouraged 8/14) '09, open and priority to all low-income [Dale Hendricks, dhendricks@amherst.edu]

Bates - Prologue to Bates, 10/11-10/13 (DUE 9/11) and 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/9) '09, requires GC rec for travel scholarship [http://www.bates.edu/x183047.xml]
?Bowdoin - Bowdoin Invitational, '08
?Bryn Mawr - MOSAIC 10/15 '06
?Brown - Open House for Minority Students, 10/28 '06, travel grant?

Carleton - Taste of Carleton, 10/29-10/31 (app released in Sept.) '09
?Colby - Discover Colby, 10/29-10/30 '06
Colorado C - Multicultural Open House, 11/5-11/7 (DUE 10/5) '09, also open to first-gen and low-income, extra $500 subsidy for parent/guardian, individual travel grants (for different date) on case-by-case basis [http://www.coloradocollege.edu/admis...OpenHouse.asp]
Cornell - Engineering Fall Hosting Weekend, 10/16-10/18 (DUE 9/16) '09 [http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/p...l-Hosting.cfm]

Dartmouth - Dartmouth Bound 7/23-7/25 (OVERDUE 6/3) and 8/6-8/8 (OVERDUE 6/1) '09, Native American Fly-in 10/4-10/7 (OVERDUE rolling 6/1 to 8/24) '09 []Dartmouth Bound

Grinnell - Diversity Leaders Program, 10/30-11/1 (app released in early Sept.) '09, also first-gen [http://www.grinnell.edu/admission/visit/gdlp/]

Hamilton - Diversity Overnight Program, 10/11-10/12 or 10/25-10/26 (both DUE 9/28) '09, min. 3.0 GPA [Fax 315-859-4457 or mail to Kyra Young]
?Hampshire - ALANA Program, 11/10 '06

?Lehigh - Diversity Preview Day, 9/23 '06; Diversity Achievement Program, 11/12-11/13 '06; Multicultural Weekend?

Macalester - Multicultural Sampler, 10/1-10/4 and 10/22-10/25 (both OVERDUE) '09
?Mary Baldwin (VA) - Multicultural Weekend, 1/19-1/20 '07; Minority Recruitment Weekend?
Middlebury - Discover Middlebury, 10/18-10/20 (DUE 9/11) '09 [http://www.middlebury.edu/NR/rdonlyr...B08/0/DM09.pdf or contact Manuel Carballo, mcarball@middlebury.edu]
?Mt. Holyoke - Voices of Diversity Program, 11/5-11/6 '06

?U of New Hampshire - Discover UNH Weekend, 11/4-11/6 '06 [http://admissions.unh.edu/visit/discoverunh.html]
UNC-CH - Hispanic/Latino Student Recruitment Weekend, 9/18-9/19 '09 [http://www.unc.edu/diversity/prospec...weekend.html]; Native American Recruitment Weekend, 11/16-11/18 '07 [http://www.unc.edu/diversity/prospec...tweekend.html]

Oberlin - Multicultural Visit Program, 10/1-10/3 (DUE 9/4) and 11/12-11/14 (DUE 10/16) and 12/3-12/5 (DUE 11/6) '09 [http://www.oberlin.edu/admissions/mvp/]
?Ohio Wesleyan - Multicultural Open House Program, 2/1-2/3 '07

?U of Pittsburgh - PM 'itsv'

Reed - Multicultural Scholars Preview Days, 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/1) '09, all applicants receive app fee waiver [http://www.reed.edu/apply/mspd/]

?Rice - Vision Weekend '09 (2/17-2/19 '08) [Laura Villafranca, laurav@rice.edu, 713-348-2830]

Scripps - Preview Scripps (Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program), 9/20-9/22 (DUE 9/1) '09, "traditionally underrepresented" students [http://www.scrippscollege.edu/admiss...w-scripps.php]
?Simmons (MA) - Multicultural Admissions Program, 10/15 and 11/18 '06
Smith - Women of Distinction Program, 11/13-11/15 (DUE 9/25) '09 [http://www.smith.edu/admission/wod/]
Swarthmore - Discover Swarthmore (previously Discovery Weekend), 10/3-10/5 (DUE 8/28) '09 [Swarthmore College :: Discover Swarthmore! :: Discover Swarthmore! 2009 or discover.swarthmore.edu]

?Trinity (CT) - Preview Weekend, 11/11-11/13 '06
?Tufts - Students of Color Outreach Program (TELESCOPE), 11/9-11/10 '06

?Union - Multicultural Weekend, 10/7-10/9 '06; "Getting to Know You" 10/10-10/12 '08

Washington U in St. Louis - Discovery Weekend, 9/24-9/26 '09, not limited to ALANA (pay) but free w/ certain invitations [http://admissions.wustl.edu/DW/Pages/default.aspx]
?Wellesley - ALANA overnight, 10/15-10/16 '06; Discover Wellesley Weekend? 10/18-10/19 '09, "link to come in late August" [http://www.wellesley.edu/admission/a...calendar.html]
Wesleyan - Transportation Assistance Program, 10/11-10/12 (DUE 9/21) and 11/10-11/11 (DUE 10/16) '09, not explicitly multicultural [http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/tap.html]
?Wheaton (MA) - Diversity Day, 10/9 '06
Whitman - Visit Scholarship Program, 10/8-10/9 (DUE 9/11) and 11/12-11/13 (DUE 10/9) '09, also underrepresented socioec []Offices and Departments
Williams - Window on Williams, 10/1-10/3 and 10/15-10/17 (both OVERDUE 8/22) '09 [Liliana Rodriguez, lrodrigu@williams.edu, 413-597-2211]

?Yale - Multicultural Open House, 10/7 '06, travel grant?

johnwesley · 08-26-2009, 04:58 PM

please note, the last "]" bled into the URL address for Wesleyan's TAP program given above. It should read: [http://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/tap.html

Yurtle · 08-26-2009, 05:06 PM

^^ I applied for Scripps + the Travel grant, so I can't wait to see if I can go or not. I love these things. Maybe I'll apply for another so I can see more than one campus OOS.

Thanks for the updated info guys.

Keilexandra · 08-26-2009, 05:56 PM

Let's see if manual BB code works...
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This is an up-to-date (as of August 2009) list of FALL diversity overnight programs offering free transportation/room/board. Open to ALANA students (including Asians) unless otherwise noted. I've provided contact information only for confirmed '09 programs.

Sources: Thanks to entomom and Diversity weekend opportunities for the research jumping-off point. I also referenced a PDF file called "multicultural-students" listing '06 programs, found somewhere through Google and saved to my computer.

If you have updated information on the schools marked ?, please let me know. I will try to keep this updated.
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Amherst - Diversity Open House Weekends, 9/26-9/28 and 10/24-10/26 (OVERDUE; rolling but priority 8/3 and strongly encouraged 8/14) '09, open and priority to all low-income [Dale Hendricks, dhendricks@amherst.edu]

Bates - Prologue to Bates, 10/11-10/13 (DUE 9/11) and 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/9) '09, requires GC rec for travel scholarship Bates College | Prologue Application
?Bowdoin - Bowdoin Invitational '08
?Bryn Mawr - MOSAIC 10/15 '06
?Brown - Open House for Minority Students, 10/28 '06, travel grant?

Carleton - Taste of Carleton, 10/29-10/31 (app released in Sept.) '09
?Colby - Discover Colby, 10/29-10/30 '06
Colorado C - Multicultural Open House, 11/5-11/7 (DUE 10/5) '09, also open to first-gen and low-income, extra $500 subsidy for parent/guardian, individual travel grants (for different date) on case-by-case basis Multicultural Open House | Visit Our Campus | Prospective Students
Cornell - Engineering Fall Hosting Weekend, 10/16-10/18 (DUE 9/16) '09 Cornell Engineering : Fall Hosting

Dartmouth - Dartmouth Bound 7/23-7/25 (OVERDUE 6/3) and 8/6-8/8 (OVERDUE 6/1) '09, Native American Fly-in 10/4-10/7 (OVERDUE rolling 6/1 to 8/24) '09 Dartmouth Bound

Grinnell - Diversity Leaders Program, 10/30-11/1 (app released in early Sept.) '09, also first-gen Grinnell Diversity Leaders Program - Grinnell College

Hamilton - Diversity Overnight Program, 10/11-10/12 or 10/25-10/26 (both DUE 9/28) '09, min. 3.0 GPA [Fax 315-859-4457 or mail to Kyra Young]
?Hampshire - ALANA Program, 11/10 '06

?Lehigh - Diversity Preview Day, 9/23 '06; Diversity Achievement Program, 11/12-11/13 '06; Multicultural Weekend?

Macalester - Multicultural Sampler, 10/1-10/4 and 10/22-10/25 (both OVERDUE) '09
?Mary Baldwin (VA) - Multicultural Weekend, 1/19-1/20 '07; Minority Recruitment Weekend?
Middlebury - Discover Middlebury, 10/18-10/20 (DUE 9/11) '09 http://www.middlebury.edu/NR/rdonlyr...B08/0/DM09.pdf [Manuel Carballo, mcarball@middlebury.edu]
?Mt. Holyoke - Voices of Diversity Program, 11/5-11/6 '06

?U of New Hampshire - Discover UNH Weekend, 11/4-11/6 '06 UNH Admissions - University of New Hampshire - Discover UNH Weekend
UNC-CH - Hispanic/Latino Student Recruitment Weekend, 9/18-9/19 '09 Diversity and Multicultural Affairs | Prospective Students | Hispanic and Latino; Native American Recruitment Weekend, 11/16-11/18 '07 Diversity and Multicultural Affairs | Prospective Students | Native American

Oberlin - Multicultural Visit Program, 10/1-10/3 (DUE 9/4) and 11/12-11/14 (DUE 10/16) and 12/3-12/5 (DUE 11/6) '09 Oberlin Multicultural Visit Program
?Ohio Wesleyan - Multicultural Open House Program, 2/1-2/3 '07

?U of Pittsburgh - PM 'itsv'

Reed - Multicultural Scholars Preview Days, 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/1) '09, all applicants receive app fee waiver Reed College Admission Office

?Rice - Vision Weekend '09 (2/17-2/19 '08) [Laura Villafranca, laurav@rice.edu, 713-348-2830]

Scripps - Preview Scripps (Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program), 9/20-9/22 (DUE 9/1) '09, "traditionally underrepresented" students Scripps College : Preview Scripps : The Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program
?Simmons (MA) - Multicultural Admissions Program, 10/15 and 11/18 '06
Smith - Women of Distinction Program, 11/13-11/15 (DUE 9/25) '09 Smith College: Women of Distinction: Home Page
Swarthmore - Discover Swarthmore (previously Discovery Weekend), 10/3-10/5 (DUE 8/28) '09 Swarthmore College :: Discover Swarthmore! :: Discover Swarthmore! 2009 or discover . swarthmore . edu

?Trinity (CT) - Preview Weekend, 11/11-11/13 '06
?Tufts - Students of Color Outreach Program (TELESCOPE), 11/9-11/10 '06

?Union - Multicultural Weekend, 10/7-10/9 '06; "Getting to Know You" 10/10-10/12 '08

Washington U in St. Louis - Discovery Weekend, 9/24-9/26 '09, not limited to ALANA (pay) but free w/ certain invitations Home
?Wellesley - ALANA overnight, 10/15-10/16 '06; Discover Wellesley Weekend? 10/18-10/19 '09, "link to come in late August" college calendar
Wesleyan - Transportation Assistance Program, 10/11-10/12 (DUE 9/21) and 11/10-11/11 (DUE 10/16) '09, not explicitly multicultural Wesleyan University : Admission
?Wheaton (MA) - Diversity Day, 10/9 '06
Whitman - Visit Scholarship Program, 10/8-10/9 (DUE 9/11) and 11/12-11/13 (DUE 10/9) '09, also underrepresented socioec Visit Scholarship Program
Williams - Window on Williams, 10/1-10/3 and 10/15-10/17 (both OVERDUE 8/22) '09 [Liliana Rodriguez, lrodrigu@williams.edu, 413-597-2211]

?Yale - Multicultural Open House, 10/7 '06, travel grant?

lemons · 08-28-2009, 12:01 AM

anyone know if yale is still doing the multicultural open house?? or brown??? Yale's website says "The date for the fall 2009 open house will be posted soon." can't find anything on brown yet

blissfulting · 09-01-2009, 02:19 AM

this list was very helpful. thanks so much!
i was actually googling Middlebury's multicultural weekend program and came across this page ^^.
i'd love to go to WUSTL for theirs, but unfortunately it looks like the deadline was august 28th.

applicannot · 09-01-2009, 09:53 AM

Yurtle,

Have you heard back from Scripps? I actually decided to apply for the Scripps travel grant. I was reading about Scripps and the Claremont colleges and I really liked the idea. The FAQ also explicitly stated that if I wasn't sure about Scripps or women's colleges, I was still welcomed to come to the program. Scripps would be an out-of-the-box college for me, but I want to visit - I want to make sure I'm not missing out on something that might actually be the right fit for me.

I applied on the 27th and got approved for a travel grant on the 28th. Best of luck to you!

Keilexandra · 09-01-2009, 10:52 AM

^ Wow, a quick turnaround. I just submitted my transcript yesterday, but for various reasons, I'm not expecting to be approved--might as well try, though.