<p>Anyone has been to the Choate revisit? I know there have been two sessions already (this past Friday and Monday). Would love to hear your experience.</p>
<p>I second this! Anyone revisit yet?</p>
<p>YES!
Just going to type something up about it… Will get it up soon.</p>
<p>Choate Revisit Day, April 2nd</p>
<p>I was invited to the Headmaster’s Breakfast, to connect with “teachers and faculty who share your specific interests”. I think only about 30 or so students were invited, because it wasn’t very crowded at the Sally Hart Lodge. I met up with Coach Loeb, and met Mr. Noel (FA), Headmaster Shanahan, and Mr. Diffley (Admissions).
Then we went to Getz Auditorium for a student panel, a speech thing from Mr. Diffley and the student council president, and then parents and children split up. I went with my student guide to her sophomore English class, which was awesome. It was relaxed, casual, but the teacher had a control over the students that would never have happened at my school. Then I went to a Spanish 300 class, which I might take next year, and experienced my first full-immersion language class. It was amazing. I hate Spanish, at my school it’s the worst class to take (but our only offered language) and I wasn’t planning on taking it next year. But it was engaging, interesting, and I learned more in those 40 minutes than in a week in my class at home.
At lunch, my guide sat with me at a table full of her friends. The food is amazing, varied, and very available. Her friends welcomed me completely, and once I told them I’d already decided to attend as a new sophomore, they told me, “The first few weeks are tough as a new sophomore, but you’ll be okay because you can hang with us.” I’d already made friends!
By the way, there are NO bells at Choate. You basically have to guess when class starts. Keep an eye on your watch, then, but teachers are insanely lax about it.
We went to Chem next, where they took a quiz and I met a few more people that were awesome and nice. After that, we went to Chapel, where the chamber Orchestra performed and I met a sophomore oboe player, which is what I play. She was so nice and Mr. Ventre was awesome! He’s the conductor, by the way. Then we got a speech from the head of Choate’s ministry (the name escapes me) and then we were released.
My dad loved it, and he got the campus tour. We went to the school store, where I bought a pair of sweatpants, a pennant, and a bumper sticker. Then we checked out the gym (I love their permanent volleyball courts) and then we left.</p>
<p>All in all, it was amazing. I could literally imagine myself walking those paths from the PMAC to the dining hall or from the SAC to the gym everyday. A full day there felt like it went by in a half hour. I met so many amazing people (who I have now facebooked and will be keeping in touch with until I end up on campus!) I was invited to preseason for volleyball and told I’d be okay as a new sophomore (one of my very few worries). I now know I can do almost everything I do now to the fullest extent, from theatre to orchestra to volleyball. I met the track coach, who told me “You triple jump?? We need triple jumpers!!!” I had fun, and I ate well, and I bought over-priced merchandise.</p>
<p>IT WAS AMAZING.</p>
<p>Saer,</p>
<p>Your desription made me excited for you! </p>
<p>Thanks for the insight.</p>