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Indiana University Bloomington Visit Report by Donna101

Visit to Indiana University Bloomington in April 2009 by Donna101
(Student, HS Class of 2009)
(Member since March 10 2006 with 66 posts)
 
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Visit Activities:


Admissions Interview: No - Was already accepted.

Information Session: No - Part of Red Carpet Day. Representative from admissions, a student, and a professor. Very enthusiastic and fairly informative. Could have left more time for Q&A but there were other meetings.

Campus Tour: No - They broke us up into groups. It was a cold, gray day but the campus still looked beautiful. Tulips were in bloom. It is exceptionally well groomed for such a large campus. We went to five locations.

Campus:


Friendliness/Courtesy of Students:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Not just friendly, amazingly helpful.


Friendliness/Courtesy of Staff:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
The housing rep spotted us on campus later in the day and stopped to ask us what we thought. We were impressed.


Appearance of Campus:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
The landscaping was immaculate.


Building/Facilities Maintenance/Cleanliness:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Every building we were in appeared well maintained. A little bit of construction but nothing ugly.


Dormitories:
My son went on this tour so I can't speak on the dorms myself but he said he thought they seemed larger than others he had seen.


Security/Safety:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Hard to comment. They have procedures for a weather or security alarm, and blue boxes around campus.


Overall Campus Impression:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Definitely exceeded expectations.

Off-Campus:


Area Immediately Around Campus:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
Lots of places to eat, shop, explore.


City/Town/Community:
5 - Excellent
5 - Excellent
We stayed overnight but weren't there too long. The town seems very welcoming.

Campus Visit Notes for Indiana University Bloomington


Visit Description:

We made appts with faculty/advisors in his areas of interest (most likely will double major). This was really great because they gave our son advice on first year course selections and talked at length about their departments strengths/weaknesses. The language dept is particularly amazing. Even though the weather was dreary, the campus was filled with bicycles and kids hanging out. It is large, but it seems like there are many ways to make it smaller. The visit sold all three of us, with my husband and I wishing we could enroll as well!

Hotel/Lodging Recommendations or Comments:

Hampton Inn was very nice.

Dining/Restaurant Recommendations or Comments:

We grabbed lunch at Pita Pit and The Chipolte Grill and both were very nice. Dinner was at a funky place called Cheeseburger Paradise (or something like that) and it was okay.