Meeting with prof while on campus tour

originaloog
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:35:03 +0000

I was an engineering prof for many years and one of the primary reasons was that I loved being around students. Yes we are busy but not so busy that we cannot spend some time with prospective students visiting the university. When our son was on his college search he talked with 4 prof, two were scheduled sessions and two were totally impromptu as were were wandering around the computer science department before the formal visit session started. At Case where we had one of the impromptu meetings, the prof even invited us to a department picnic outside Olin(?) Hall that afternoon!

By all means wander about the department you are intending to major in. Even if you do not have the opportunity to talk with a faculty member, the bulletin boards/poster board/awards displays are interesting and informative.