Admitted Students Day - Worth It?

shawbridge
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 21:35:48 +0000

Very valuable. My son went to three. In addition to staying in a dorm, hearing the president speak (in two cases) and also meeting with the heads of the Disabilities Services office changed the ranking. 1, 2, 3 became 2, 1, 3. He was so turned off by the students at 3 that he wanted to leave before attending class or meeting the head of the DSO. At 1, the president was deeply inspiring (former head of Partners in Health, now head of World Bank) and my son said people were ready to sign on after listening to his speech. The whole weekend event was uplifting. But, the meetings with the heads of the DSO were absolutely dispositive. Partway through our meeting with the Dean of Freshman and the head of the DSO at number 2, my son leaned to me and said, 1 wins on form but 2 wins on function. No need to look any further.

Incidentally, I stayed off-campus and came in only to meet heads of DSOs.