<p>I don’t have the dates for the April weekend. If your son has definitely decided on Tulane, the HW is less important than if they were still undecided. Yes, there are advantages such as meeting with advisors and signing up for courses, but these things can be accomplished other ways. If you do go, you should plan on staying through mid-afternoon on Monday. But if there are logistical and/or financial issues, don’t feel that he will be missing out on something key.</p>
<p>I am not clear if you are saying that attending Orientation will also be a problem. If you can go to Orientation, then definitely don’t worry about HW. HW is nice and they do a great job of informing the students and parents about the school and the HP, but it isn’t anything he won’t pick up pretty quickly anyway. They hold slots in courses for freshmen throughout the Orientation schedules, so that those attending at the end of June are not disadvantaged compared to those that attend HW or early June Orientation sessions. The advantage of going to Orientation is that all those students are definitely going to Tulane and it is a chance to meet a possible roommate. HW attendees are often still in decision mode. If he is planning on Butler, he will meet lots of kids in the HP anyway.</p>
<p>If he still is worried about getting a head start on registration, he can work with his admissions counselor and advisors. One thing they do at the HW is give you a folder with instructions for registering online for courses. What I would recommend is that he call his admission counselor, tell him/her that he has definitely decided on Tulane but cannot attend HW and get all the same registration information. Now this is all based on what they did last year, maybe this year they already gave you that info. In any case, he can get going as if he attended HW. He should also find out the name of an advisor he can work with.</p>
<p>Once he has that information he should go online and look over the courses available and figure out a schedule. He can look over courses from the online catalog: <a href=“http://www.tulane.edu/~ntuc/catalog_pages/catalog.pdf[/url]”>http://www.tulane.edu/~ntuc/catalog_pages/catalog.pdf</a>. Then he can find what is actually being offered in the fall using [Tulane</a> University - Class Schedule](<a href=“http://classschedule.tulane.edu/flex/ClassSchedule.html]Tulane”>http://classschedule.tulane.edu/flex/ClassSchedule.html) It has a cool schedule building tool. You just go to the Advanced search tab, highlight an area of study like Philosophy, and click search. The results will come up under the results tab. If he sees one he thinks he wants, he can hit that green “+” button, then look under the Planner tab and he will see his schedule build. He should write this down after he has it built because I don’t know if he can save it yet. Perhaps once he is logged in with that password he can. Note that he can also search for courses using describers like Honors or TIDES, which is very useful.</p>
<p>He can just make his best judgements based on what he thinks, don’t worry about it because it will change. For example, if he gets 4 or 5 on some AP’s he will place out of some courses, possibly. Or he will know he has to take them if he doesn’t get those scores. Once he has a tentative schedule, he can e-mail his advisor and get some feedback. Between that and phone calls, if needed, he should be able to get something set. Then when he gets his AP results, he can make changes if needed.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>