Advice on college visits?

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

Go eat at the cafeteria on a non-visit day if at all possible.

Very good advice! Don't eat at the nice restaurants in town or even any fast food places/cafes on campus--eat where you will have to eat your freshman year if a meal plan is required!

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

Very good advice! Don't eat at the nice restaurants in town or even any fast food places/cafes on campus--eat where you will have to eat your freshman year if a meal plan is required!

And, if you're staying a few days, order delivery from a few places one night. When I lived in the Gamma Phi house it was 8 girls to one normal-sized kitchen so I lived off campus food and delivery!

Another thing I would ask, if you/your kid is interested in athletics: what is the team travel schedule like? When I was on the track team we were away every weekend - but the nearest school in our conference was at least three hours away by bus. It was really tiring to leave at 4 a.m. on Saturday and get back at 3 a.m. on Sunday.

[KSUViolet06]

*Get all the info you can about the weather, especially the winter months. Most visit days are in the spring or summer so the weather is generally nice anywhere you go. Winter (particularly in the north) is usually a different story. Ask about how cold it gets, how much snow the area gets, etc.

[AOIIalum]

Talk about bumping an old thread!

Eldest has now been accepted to five of the six schools he's sent applications into. Drexel, Washington and Jefferson, Ohio Northern, U of Toledo and his #1 choice, Michigan. Still waiting to hear from Vanderbilt, he applied regular decision so should hear by April 1st.

We're starting the visit process for DS#2 this spring. He's interested in Penn State, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan and Yale.

We really, really need to win the lottery!

[ForeverRoses]

Well if #1 goes to Michigan, I hope #2 goes to Ohio State. that could get really interesting around Thanksgiving!

[alum]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

Talk about bumping an old thread!

Eldest has now been accepted to five of the six schools he's sent applications into. Drexel, Washington and Jefferson, Ohio Northern, U of Toledo and his #1 choice, Michigan. Still waiting to hear from Vanderbilt, he applied regular decision so should hear by April 1st.

We're starting the visit process for DS#2 this spring. He's interested in Penn State, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan and Yale.

We really, really need to win the lottery!

5 for 5, congrats to your S1 (and his parents )! We only have a freshie but will definitely do college visits over Spring Break. In retrospect, junior year was too late to start the visits.

[moe.ron]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

Talk about bumping an old thread!

Eldest has now been accepted to five of the six schools he's sent applications into. Drexel, Washington and Jefferson, Ohio Northern, U of Toledo and his #1 choice, Michigan. Still waiting to hear from Vanderbilt, he applied regular decision so should hear by April 1st.

We're starting the visit process for DS#2 this spring. He's interested in Penn State, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan and Yale.

We really, really need to win the lottery!

Go for Yale, join the Skulls, he'll be set for life.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

Talk about bumping an old thread!

Eldest has now been accepted to five of the six schools he's sent applications into. Drexel, Washington and Jefferson, Ohio Northern, U of Toledo and his #1 choice, Michigan. Still waiting to hear from Vanderbilt, he applied regular decision so should hear by April 1st.

We're starting the visit process for DS#2 this spring. He's interested in Penn State, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan and Yale.

We really, really need to win the lottery!

Our governor just called for a tuition freeze for all of the public colleges in Michigan so Michigan might not be a bad deal!

I just had an even better idea! Housing is so cheap in Michigan right now, you could get both boys to go to Michigan, buy a house that's been separated into several flats, they would get resident tuition PLUS you can get income from renting out the other apartments in the house!

[AOIIalum]

Update: just paid the tuition and housing deposits for eldest son. He's going to Drexel. They made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Anyone here from Philly?

DS#2 visited Pitt, Duquesne, Robert Morris and Penn State over spring break. He loved Pitt and PSU. He also visited Carnegie-Mellon, but walked out on them. I love this kid! DH said C-M was the most unorganized and unprofessional college visit he's been on in his life. #2 is also looking at a bunch of in-state schools, including OSU and Cincinnati.

Thank heavens we'll get a break for a few years before DS#3 goes through the process!

[EagleChick19]

I'm from the Philly area. Drexel is a great school to go to, and they are currently looking for a president. Their last president, Constance Papakdakis, "Taki" just passed away. I currently have a friend who goes there for Physics and he always talked about the opportunities that he has.

He'll have a great time in the city, since there are several colleges within the city (PCOM, Drexel, Jefferson, and Temple.)

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

Update: just paid the tuition and housing deposits for eldest son. He's going to Drexel. They made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Anyone here from Philly?

DS#2 visited Pitt, Duquesne, Robert Morris and Penn State over spring break. He loved Pitt and PSU. He also visited Carnegie-Mellon, but walked out on them. I love this kid! DH said C-M was the most unorganized and unprofessional college visit he's been on in his life. #2 is also looking at a bunch of in-state schools, including OSU and Cincinnati.

Thank heavens we'll get a break for a few years before DS#3 goes through the process!

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

Update: just paid the tuition and housing deposits for eldest son. He's going to Drexel. They made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Anyone here from Philly?

DS#2 visited Pitt, Duquesne, Robert Morris and Penn State over spring break. He loved Pitt and PSU. He also visited Carnegie-Mellon, but walked out on them. I love this kid! DH said C-M was the most unorganized and unprofessional college visit he's been on in his life. #2 is also looking at a bunch of in-state schools, including OSU and Cincinnati.

Wow - that must have been some offer from Drexel, since he willingly took a drop of like 65 positions for the privilege of not going to Michigan.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by OTW

Carnegie Mellon wasn't all that, huh? Who would have thought that?

They are apparently in the midst of a controversy over pr0n films being shown on campus. LOL.

[madmax]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

Update: just paid the tuition and housing deposits for eldest son. He's going to Drexel. They made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Anyone here from Philly?

!

I am.



Drexel is a good school. They do it right. The unique thing about Drexel is trimesters. Students go to school for two semesters and have to work in their major for the third. Drexel grads always get jobs.

Drexel is in University City. The campus is right across the street from Penn and there are a bunch of small schools in that area.

[als463]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

Talk about bumping an old thread!

Eldest has now been accepted to five of the six schools he's sent applications into. Drexel, Washington and Jefferson, Ohio Northern, U of Toledo and his #1 choice, Michigan. Still waiting to hear from Vanderbilt, he applied regular decision so should hear by April 1st.

We're starting the visit process for DS#2 this spring. He's interested in Penn State, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan and Yale.

We really, really need to win the lottery!

Hopefully DS#2 makes the right decision and chooses to be a Nittany Lion...lol...Good luck and hopefully you kids get their top choices-I got mine and I couldn't be any happier. All of those schools are great and its nice to see that they want to look at some great schools!