We attended an admitted students program this past Saturday. It started at Eisenhower Auditorium at 9:30. We arrived at 9am (walked over from our hotel) which was plenty of time to check in and get a seat. The seating was in designated sections for each school (for ex, Engineering, Business, Nursing, etc). The speakers were: admissions officer, financial aid person, housing person, new student orientation director…then after about an hour we were dismissed school-by-school to other locations for school-specific programming. There were escorts to make sure you got to the right place. My son has been accepted to the Eberly School of Science. Our location was at the HUB. Several people spoke (dean, student, advisor) and answered questions then we were dismissed to a 3rd location based on your specific major. Again there was a student to make sure you got to the right place. We spent about an hour with an administrator for my son’s major, she gave a brief presentation and then answered questions. It would have been more effective to have current students at that presentation. After that there were different tables at the HUB with people from financial aid, housing, etc and later a “tail gate” get together for the students but we had a long drive home so we left after the major-specific presentation.
I felt at both the university-wide and school-specific event they tried to make you excited about attending PSU and to highlight the great things the university has to offer.
Before we left my son asked to buy a sweatshirt and has worn it the past two days so I think he’s made his decision but he hasn’t said it yet We’re out of state, he’s been accepted to the other schools he’s applied to but none of them offer this exact major so I’m 85% sure he’s going to decide to attend PSU. We’re really glad we attended, I think it gave him the clarity he needed.