To our new Rice Moms and Dads

bird_rock
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:57:02 +0000

Well, our son moved in today. I could write at length about the experience, but I’d just like to mention a few things. From the beginning everything surpassed our already high expectations. We arrived - at Brown College - about ten minutes early and we were about the tenth car in line. Just before 9 AM about 40 to 50 volunteers came running out of the dorm shouting, and I’d have to say, the game was afoot. Prior to this point he was a prospie, from 9 AM on he’s been an Owl. The volunteers were terrific. They emptied out our car in seconds and got everything up to his room immediately intact. Several volunteers stopped by his room to say hello to him and his roommate over the next hour as we helped him to unpack his stuff.

At lunch we sat with some volunteers and they treated him like an equal; they were even interested in my wife and me. At 1 PM we said goodbye to him and then we attended talks by Leebron and Hutchinson and several other profs. All reassuring, all well done. I chatted with Leebron for a few minutes later on and he seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say.

There were many opportunities to ask any questions we had so we didn’t feel rushed at all.

Our son’s schedule for the week looks amazing. They’ll be going to an Astros game and Galveston and spend about a million hours with their advisors. And they expect every Brown freshman to meet every other Brown freshman and lots of other Rice students before the week is over.

We left at about 6 PM and went out for Mexican food. Looking forward to Family Week. Feeling pretty good about choosing Rice.