<p>My husband and I are going to the ucla one at the end of october. Our son is in the band, and we are going to a football game while there, and the philharmonia symphony is playing one night. We’re excited - this is our only child, so whatever we get to do with him is the only time we do it! He’s also looking forward to seeing us, so it should be a nice time for all.</p>
<p>Parent’s Weekend at Kings Point coinciedes with Acceptance Day, when the Plebe Candidates are accepted into the Regiment of Midshipmen and commissioned as Midshipmen in the US Naval Reserve (just like they are at the Naval Academy on their first day). It is the marks the first time the Plebes will get to leave campus since the first of July. Its amazing to see the changes in just three months, (all for the good in our case). </p>
<p>They say that next to graduation, Parents Weekend / Accdeptance Day Plebe year is the other must attend event. It was definately, all that.</p>
<p>When we were dropping S off, he had no interest in staying in our hotel room from hell (we didn’t either, quite honestly). That’s one of the reasons we will be waiting until my best friend finishes her remodel & we can stay with her instead of that hotel next visit.
It does sound like some folks had a nice chance to catch up during their Parent Weekend. Glad your kiddos welcomed you–our S is into his independence mode at the moment & we’re not going to buck it.</p>
<p>We will be attending the UChicago parent’s weekend. We attended last year and loved the seminars provided by faculty. We caught a great one on the origin of fiction in Greek literature. Attending these with by S and his younger brother is a real treat. My wife is looking forward to the (on campus) Smart Museum program this year. We have also been invited to Frat Party for parents, should be interesting, no mention of togas…</p>
<p>Wouldn’t it be nice to just spend fall traveling to a variety of Parent’s Weekends around the country? I’d like to go to the lectures at U of Chicago, the concert at UCLA and all the other events described!</p>
<p>My husband & I are going to GW parents’ weekend, leaving younger son home with a friend. However, GW college son has commitments to participate in Curling… off campus… a tournament for the weekend. So who knows how much of the campus activities we’ll actually attend? I hope we can squeeze in some stuff… the Curling is an hour away from campus. But if we went another weekend, we’d be interfering, as no one else would have their parents there. My husband said we’ll just tag along to whatever he wants to do… its our weekend to visit him, and let him take the lead.</p>
<p>We are headed to UMiami for soph S’s PW over the Columbus Day weekend. We love visiting the campus and will attend the football game, but will probably skip most of the other events this year and do our own thing. Of course, we will have to visit the bookstore to see if there is any clothing that H and little bro don’t already own! LOL. On Sunday we are planning a trip to the Everglades. S has been very stressed lately with a demanding courseload this semester (he says studying for OChem is killing him), a leadership position in an EC and a resulting bad cold. Fortunately, the timing of PW is great for him as a rough stretch of tests and major papers will end just before we arrive. I think he is really looking forward to our visit and escaping his hectic campus life for a few hours. I can’t wait to give him a hug!</p>
<p>We will be going to Parents Weekend at Wesleyan in 3 weekends although S will be home a few days before for Fall break – crazy timing. Guess we will attend some planned activities although never did at Harvard or Northwestern where we just visited, shopped, went to Big 10 Football games. I actually drove up today to Wesleyan with older S who was not home at move in time. We went out to lunch and hung around the dorm for a bit. Campus looked pretty and Son’s room actually was not as bad as mom expected!</p>
<p>We’re going to the Cornell PW in a few weeks. It does seem ridiculous for boatloads of parents to converge on a small town during the same two days, but I’d hate for my freshman S to be the one whose parents didn’t show. At Cornell they try to limit it to First Year parents, but maybe we can sneak in some other year too!</p>
<p>Attended Pepperdine this weekend, did a few scheduled things, but mostly did our own things. D was so happy to have 3 older siblings and best friend come to see her! She is really a great kid and their effort to visit her showed how much she affects their lives.
It was a very therapeutic weekend for all! Glad we made the time. Miss her again, but we know she is happy:)</p>
<p>Will attend Florida State’s Parent Weekend coming up. Should be fun!</p>
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<p>I did that when I was a freshman. I really needed it. What a difference two years makes.</p>
<p>We leave Fri. am for the Pitt PW for freshman D. When we told her in August we planned on coming up for it, she rolled her eyes and begged us not to 'cause “nobody else’s parents would do that”. Last week she called us to make sure we were coming because all her friends parents were coming and the kids want to get the whole group together for dinner so we can all meet. Wow. We have miraculously gone from being embarrassing to being dinner guests!</p>
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It is grand , isn’t it? D couldn’t wait to grab a kid and bring her up in the stands to meet us (we were at All University Sing). That wouldn’t have happened at high school.</p>
<p>mercymom:
Funny story! :)</p>
<p>amdgmom: Since this will be our 3rd PW at a Boston school, we’re ready to venture off-campus and explore the city a little. We’ve done the aquarium and Little Italy. Any other recommendations for what could be a chilly autumn weekend? Anyone else care to advise? Thanks all.</p>
<p>Shopping iin Back Bay on Newberry Street.</p>
<p>The “glass flowers” at the Harvard Museum of Natural History are amazing. They brought tears to my eyes. I can explain more if you PM me, or else look this attraction up on the Internet. They are one of the most unforgettable things I’ve ever seen.</p>
<p>Those * are* amazing Suna
thank you for mentioning them!</p>
<p>Wonderful suggestion! Thanks.</p>