Top Scholars Weekend 2015

fallenchemist
Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:52:16 +0000

Yes, the first day is pretty much all day, especially for the student. I believe check in starts around 10 AM (maybe earlier) and the program starts at 11 AM with a couple of talks from the head of the Honors Program and the university President. Then there was a tour of campus, then lunch, then advising sessions for the kids and seminars for parents. Then everyone hooks back up for an ice cream social or something like that, then the kids go with their host for the evening and the parents are on their own. The parents come back the next day to gather up their kids at the end of the day, although I think there might be some activities planned for the parents if they choose. I am fuzzy on that one.

You certainly could come in a full day early and enjoy many of the same things. I was just thinking that by waiting until that Tuesday late afternoon to leave, it avoids rushing at the end of the TSW schedule and gives the student time to check things out they might have learned about during the overnight. But certainly either way works fine. I know people that had 4 PM flights and so had to leave TSW at 2 PM on Monday, and they still had a complete experience. The airport isn’t that far, and unless there is some major event going on that also ends around that time, getting through security and to the gate doesn’t take very long.