Regional College Information Sessions (lots of links)

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<p>MIT has now posted its up-to-date fall recruitment travel schedule. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/mityou/fall_recruitment_travel_schedule/index.shtml[/url]”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/mityou/fall_recruitment_travel_schedule/index.shtml&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>The MIT meetings are especially fun to attend; they show off MIT’s hacker culture very well.</p>

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<p>Here are some more Web page links for college information sessions. In some cases the links mention visits to specific high schools, and in some cases the link today is just a place-holder for information that will be filled in in the next few weeks. I’d love to hear about other links like these. </p>

<p><a href=“http://community.middlebury.edu/~phinney/SchoolVisits/frames_index.htm[/url]”>http://community.middlebury.edu/~phinney/SchoolVisits/frames_index.htm&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/admission/ontheroad/[/url]”>http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/admission/ontheroad/&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.amherst.edu/admission/important_info/connecting.html[/url]”>http://www.amherst.edu/admission/important_info/connecting.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.unc.edu/visiting/inyourtown.htm[/url]”>http://www.admissions.unc.edu/visiting/inyourtown.htm&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“Visit NYU”>Visit NYU; </p>

<p><a href=“https://admissions.nd.edu/ontheroad/[/url]”>https://admissions.nd.edu/ontheroad/&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/uvavisit.html[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/undergradadmission/uvavisit.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/visits/visit-you.html[/url]”>http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/visits/visit-you.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www12.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/inyourarea.cfm[/url]”>http://www12.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/inyourarea.cfm&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“Tufts User Authentication - Stale Request”>Tufts User Authentication - Stale Request;

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<p>I don’t think that these two schools have been mentioned. <a href=“http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/cgi-bin/counsel/session01.cgi[/url]”>http://www.ugadm.northwestern.edu/cgi-bin/counsel/session01.cgi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/roadshow.php[/url]”>http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/roadshow.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>My D and I attended a regional session this summer that consisted of Cornell, Columbia, Cal Tech and RPI, called Demystifying the College Experience. She was mainly interested in RPI but the presentation was interesting. The admission counselors talked about college admissions in general and then each school counselor talked about their school. Honestly it was a lot of information that we have heard before but I’m sure it was interesting to parents and students who are not as far into the process as my D and I are. </p>

<p>The colleges had booths set up after the presentation where you could ask questions. I can’t speak to Cal Tech or Columbia (the Cal Tech rep talked about the pranking tradition and Columbia about the culture in NYC and about their core, both of which my D was not interested in) but Cornell did not seem interested in tracking who came to the presentation or who was interested in their school but RPI had propective students sign up for more information and seemed more intested in who visited their booth.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the information about the session you attended. I just did a Google search to try to find those consortium meetings. As the month of August goes on, I’ll try to update all links mentioned in this thread and then post a one-stop-shopping post with all the links that have current information.</p>

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<p>More links: </p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.richmond.edu/visit/travel.html[/url]”>http://admissions.richmond.edu/visit/travel.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/events/[/url]”>Yale Undergraduate Admissions - Yale Events Near You; </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.scad.edu/admission/yourarea/[/url]”>http://www.scad.edu/admission/yourarea/&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>(scroll right on the one above)</p>

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<p>Harvard has begun posting its schedule of meetings on its Web site. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/travel_schedule/index.cgi[/url]”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/travel_schedule/index.cgi&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>More meetings are added to the list throughout the fall, so check back once in a while if your city isn’t listed at first.</p>

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<p>Link sent to me by another parent: </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/roadshow.php[/url]”>http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/roadshow.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yale has just posted some updates, </p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/events/[/url]”>Yale Undergraduate Admissions - Yale Events Near You; </p>

<p>and it looks like Stanford </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2a5_regional_cities.html[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/applying/extras/1_2a5_regional_cities.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>should have its schedule up soon.</p>

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<p>Cornell has now posted some links about information sessions in New Jersey, and I expect there will soon be postings of other information sessions for fall 2007. </p>

<p><a href=“http://admissions.cornell.edu/seasonal/events/[/url]”>http://admissions.cornell.edu/seasonal/events/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) is now listing its own Introduction to Pennsylvania sessions as well as its joint sessions in the Exploring College Options program. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/yourtown/[/url]”>http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/yourtown/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>The U of Chicago has posted one fall information session </p>

<p><a href=“http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level2.asp?id=90[/url]”>http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level2.asp?id=90&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>and should have others posted by the end of this month.</p>

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<p>Purdue Comes to You events: </p>

<p><a href=“Learn about Purdue University - Undergraduate Admissions - Purdue University”>Learn about Purdue University - Undergraduate Admissions - Purdue University;

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<p>Shoot! most schools aren’t coming within a 7 hour drive from our area! But then, many people don’t even know we are a state. Ask what’s west of Texas and many say Arizona!</p>

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<p>I’ll try to keep my eye out for meetings in New Mexico as I browse other Web sites.</p>

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<p>Thanks. I’ve got the ones you have already listed and we have a great college fair in Albuquerque in Oct. so I am hoping some of those will have reps going out to high schools. Some have actually started putting on mini fairs in the local high schools as well. BTW, El Paso is lots closer so if you see anything there let me know. Thanks again</p>

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<p>Now Case Western Reserve University has announced its fall 2007 travel schedule. </p>

<p><a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Case Western Reserve University”>Undergraduate Admission | Case Western Reserve University;

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<p>Does attending a college consortium presentation help in the admissions process? It would be great to be able to demonstrate interest, but would involve a fair amount of travel.</p>

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<p>Colleges vary in how much they say demonstrating interest in the college helps in gaining admission. Some colleges say that doesn’t help at all, and a few colleges say that it helps a lot. So maybe you don’t gain any admission advantage by visiting a particular admission officer who travels to a town in a place you have to drive to. </p>

<p>I have noticed at regional information sessions in the Twin Cities of Minnesota that students have come from as far as Duluth or even South Dakota or Iowa to attend the sessions, so some students think it is worthwhile to THEMSELVES to make the trip. That might only be for the information they pick up at the session, not for making an impression on an admission officer. </p>

<p>Two colleges that my oldest son is likely to apply to are reputed to track student interest in the college. For that reason, I am taking especial care to bring my son to the regional meetings of those colleges this year, his tenth grade year.</p>

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<p>Emory University has posted a lot of information about fall 2007 regional information sessions. </p>

<p><a href=“Admission | Emory University | Atlanta GA”>Admission | Emory University | Atlanta GA;

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<p>Reed College has now posted many of its fall 2007 information sessions. Please beware that clicking the links on the Reed site may resize your Web browser windows or do other user-unfriendly things not done by other college Web sites. </p>

<p><a href=“http://web.reed.edu/apply/reed_on_the_road/index.html[/url]”>http://web.reed.edu/apply/reed_on_the_road/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;