BAD Visit, Need to Vent

nyquist
Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:55:19 +0000

There is always a risk on an overnight that it goes badly, and perhaps the risk is not worth the potential benefit of doing an overnight with a stranger for a host. An overnight might be different if it is with someone the student already knows or would be a potential sports teammate, etc.

Your student could always sit in on classes, certainly a useful way to gauge a school, while staying in a local hotel with a parent.

The Accepted Students weekends are not a realistic view of the school. They might be the most fun and interesting time they have in 4 years there! but not a realistic view of the day to day life as a student IMO. I do think it’s great if students can find their first year roommate at such an event though.

As has been mentioned earlier, the quality and efficiency of the admissions office might have little to do with your student’s experience at said college. Once a student enrolls, they never have anything to do with admissions after that.