tokenadult

Columbia will be visiting various cities through the Exploring Educational Excellence joint visits.

http://www.exploringeducationalexcel...g/student.html

A more complete list of various college information sessions around the country can be found in another thread on the College Search & Selection Forum.

How to Meet College Admission Officers in Spring 2008

tokenadult

Columbia University has posted its schedule of spring 2008 meetings.

http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.e...ents/intro.php

Most of the Columbia events are joint events with its Exploring College Excellence travel partners.

wmmk

Hmm, looks interesting. Any reason to go to one of these if I've already visited Columbia and plan on visiting the other schools? Do these give any info not available from an on-campus info session?

CU2012

If it's not a hassle to get to one of them, I would suggest going. It will give you a good opportunity to speak with admissions officers, ask questions, etc. Especially go if you're interested in the other schools that'll be there.

wmmk

Yeah, I'll probably apply to two of the other schools involved.

Is Freshman year too early to be going to these sort of events? (I've only visited Columbia because I REALLY love it and happened to be in NYC anyway)

tokenadult

I don't think going in freshman year is too early. You probably won't get mail from the colleges until the summer before sophomore year, at the earliest, but it's worthwhile to see what students are looking for among colleges while they are still in high school.