<p>I agree that admitted student event days are great to attend as many schools have a lot going on that is helpful to the prospective student, and often includes an overnight (not all school do).</p>
<p>For my older daughter, when she applied to college, she narrowed all her acceptances down to her three favorites. She had already visited them all but we went to the admitted student days at three of them to help her decide. Each of these events involved an overnight in the dorms and lots of other things going on for the students. In fact, it was at the end of the two day event at Brown, when I met up with my D (we separated the entire time…she went to student stuff and I had gone to parent stuff), that she said to me, “I’m going here!!” and that nailed it and when she said she was ready to go to the bookstore to get the sweatshirt, I knew the decision was made (would not buy any of that until she decided). :)</p>
<p>For D2, my MT kid, it was a little different. She never truly discussed a decision of where to go because as soon as she was admitted to NYU/Tisch (while in the hospital), it was obvious she was going there, as she had talked about it since age 12. She liked her other BFA schools, and had visited them all already and so made an informed choice. We did, however, attend the admitted student event at Tisch, but not really to decide, but rather to be informed and to celebrate. As it turned out, it was D’s first day out of a hospital bed in three weeks and making the trek to NYC, wheelchair and all, was a bigger celebration than expected and full of hope. The event really was great and ended with a stop at the bookstore to get the sweatshirt. :D</p>
<p>I’m about to fly across the country with D1 for her to go to accepted events for grad school. That D will not decide until she sees her options (did not see before applying in this case).</p>