Admitted Students Day--Worth It?

Chedva
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:20:49 +0000

My d found Accepted Students’ Day helpful, as it gave her a feel for her potential classmates. At one school, they had a reception for the admittees to the honors program. She met a number of kids and said, “They’re nice enough, but I really didn’t have anything to talk to them about.”

She also arranged for the overnights to be in conjunction with the Accepted Students Day, staying over that night and going to classes the next day. That worked well for her; evening activities weren’t “orchestrated”.

She also found that even for sessions that were similar to the ones during Open House, she was different. Rather than being concerned with “Can I get in? What do they want to see from me?”, she looked at the school as a consumer: “Does this school really have what I want? Does it feel right? Can I see myself here for four years?”

The answers surprised me; she ended up where I didn’t think she’d be. And she’s very happy about it, too.