Orientation without parents? (as a transfer)

juniormom100
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:10:26 +0000

As a mom of a sophomore, I would chime in that if I had to choose between orientation or parent’s weekend, I would choose parents weekend. We did also attend orientation, but our daughter was an incoming freshman. We are from California, and these trips get very expensive, i.e. airfare, hotel, car rental. I would choose parents weekend, from a parents perspective, because you get so much information from all the planned events. I especially enjoyed the meeting at the Master’s house where you not only meet the Master and RA’s, but you also meet a lot of the new parents who are going through exactly what you are. You also get information on the academic and career advising support that is available to your student. That being said, I am answering in this way because you have experienced moving in before and seem to feel confident in doing so by yourself. A new freshman that isn’t so confident in that may have a bigger need for their parents in getting help moving in on move-in day. So maybe, if you have to choose between only one of the two, I would probably choose orientation for a new incoming freshman, and then the next year choose parents weekend. Congratulations on your admittance to Rice! You’ll have such a Fun time at O-Week!!!