Did anyone attend the accepted students day?

secondround
Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:34:33 +0000

Hi fosterte. Got your message but it won’t let me reply. I spent time responding this afternoon via PM and what I sent never got sent and no draft or anything there. Bottom line: our kids have a lot of overlaps. Bard, NCF, Hampshire. Bard sends out FA on Monday. Ours denied at Skid. NCF best for the money. Child and spouse liked it a lot but our child not sure about fit socially. Smaller student body that is more hip than what child is used to. Still looking at other options but may yet surprise by going out of comfort zone a bit and not just cross country.
All privates full of wealthier kids. There is no getting around that but if kid knows this going in then they can stick to their guns and know that not there to keep up.
For our first child the visit was what sealed it; chose a top U (top 20) with merit aid over an Ivy (no FA no merit). Ivy frosh were drunk, obnoxious. Top U were super smart regular kids, more low key hanging out socially. Loved it.
Spouse & child going on a couple more visits yet. We’ll see. I will try to do more posts so I can PM you.