<p>I’m bringing a duffle bag I think. Luckily, it fits my pillow and sleeping bag inside it, but it’s a tad bulky. I’m checking that and bringing my messenger bag as a carry-on for homework and the like. Though I think that it’s common knowledge that there will be no homework done by the time we get home.</p>
<p>Are most people who are going this weekend sure they are going to attend? A friend of mine got back from an Admitted Students day and she was psyched about the school before she got there but once there she was with a lot of people who were negative and said they were going other places. They picked the school apart and now she feels bad (she didn’t get to stay over night) I hope that most people are not that way this weekend!</p>
<p>You can bet that the committed early decision applicants will NOT be there. They were accepted in December or February and have been waiting this long so far that they can wait until September to see MHC again or for the first time. You will likely see girls who were accepted to more than one college and are trying to decide which one to attend. Certainly, for those who are leaning toward another college, they will look for the negatives at MHC since the negatives will reinforce their already negative MHC decision. Focus less on the HS seniors, but on the MHC hosts and profs that you will meet.</p>
<p>HIII!! So I’m at the MHC library right now trying to do homework ahahaha 
IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUSS!! I love it here! I really think you guys will see me here next year Everyone here is wonderful, helpful and just superrr nice! The HS seniors are really fun to hang around with too. I have made some really good friends here already 
and I really hope that we can all go to MoHo next year!! The campus is gorgeous and the weather is amazing, and the food is GOOD! I LOVE IT HERE!!!</p>
<p>Well deserved to you and ALL “the accepted ones”! This Dad is very proud and hope D is just as happy as you, Pink. Mom took her to Mo Ho, and I have “the other” woman’s LAC next week. Then, decisions decisions. Either is stellar. Go well.</p>
<p>oh my god I am sooooooooooo jealous =((
I wanna be in Moho for this awesome event :((
I could not get the visa to be there though :((</p>
<p>The accepted students day is over, right? What was it like? What did you love? hate?</p>
<p>I’m sooo curious!! I didn’t get to go :(</p>
<p>I started a thread on this. I really liked Sunday during the day…the tours and information sessions. After 5 was weird though. My “host” was not around and several other admitted students reported the same thing. We all sort of wandered about not knowing what we should be doing. It was pretty uncomfortable for a few of us. I was very psyched at about 5 on Sunday and feeling a bit down on Monday. On Sunday night every single person was studying which is probably like that at most colleges, but it just felt very intense and some of us felt like we were walking on egg shells. I don’t know. I was pretty disappointed in the evening.</p>
<p>They warned me in an email that my host might have homework/studying to do on Sunday so we should busy ourselves with something (homework, a book and so on). And they were right!! My host had a 20 page paper to write so I listened to music, played games on my Zune, read a book, played the piano in the common room. I didn’t mind much. I had a lot of fun even though I was extremely lost on Monday since I was roaming the campus by myself and can’t read a map for nothing. But the campus was so surreal and I felt at home; so it was actually fun walking around the campus and getting lost…especially when I was looking for the art building so I could sit in on a digital photography class (funny stuff. the building was in front of me all along.) Now, I can’t wait to get back.</p>
<p>They warned me that my host might be studying but she was simply not around for most of the first part of the evening. No one knew where she was. A lot of prospies were meeting their hosts at 5:30 and I was just standing there unsure of what to do. When I did finally meet up with her she was rather brusque. I don’t know if they volunteer to host or if it’s thrust upon them, but she certainly didn’t seem happy about it.</p>
<p>A problem with hosting is that the notices went out seeking volunteers just before spring break, about 5 weeks before visit day. At that time, most students did not know exactly what papers, readings, lab reports, problem sets, etc. they would have that might be due the day after you all arrived. I suspect that your host might have been swamped with work when you were to arrive. Although you were on vacation, your hosts were not. You were warned to bring work or a book to keep you busy for when they could not entertain you. MHC can be a very serious place at times, especially work nights (Sunday thru Thursday), although there are some who live and study at MHC like the cricket rather than the ant.</p>
<p>I get that but she DID volunteer and wasn’t even there to tell me she wouldn’t be there. I don’t see why she couldn’t just send someone over to tell me or tell someone who WAS there (other hosts were there at 5:30 explaining they had papers to write). I was NOT on vacation (mine starts this week) and I did miss school the next day. I simply would have not stayed overnight if I was going to feel like a huge imposition (which is exactly what I felt like). I would have liked to have been told my host was busy and I could go home rather than wander around feeling confused and upset. By the time I figured that out, my options for transportation were gone. </p>
<p>I’m not doubting it’s intense but I think that it’s rude to volunteer and then not even be around OR that the school itself doesn’t build in some kind of “catch net” for those who had busy hosts. I loved the afternoon session but I have a pretty negative view right now.</p>
<p>ready: I honestly don’t think that you should base your experience off of the host situation. Yes that was a downside to your experience, but look at all the factors as well. I don’t want you to think that MHC isn’t right for you, just because your host wasn’t there for you. I hope that helps :)</p>
<p>Hi Ready2011,</p>
<p>I can appreciate how uncomfortable it must have been to be without a host and then to have to fend for yourself when what you really wanted was to be guided around the college while hearing about its virtues. I would have been very disappointed if my daughter had attended an overnight under the conditions you describe. And, if she had your experience, she might have decided not to attend.</p>
<p>I am writing this note to offer a possible explanation – based on my daughter’s hosting experience – that a prospective student might have a less than optimal overnight experience. When my daughter mentioned to me that she and her roommate were hosting prospective students last weekend, I was horrified. That day her team had just finished playing in a two-day tournament at Smith College. She also worked four hours both days. Then, because of the tournament, she was unable to get any studying done.</p>
<p>I was worried she would get sick because her weekend seemed way over-scheduled so I asked why on earth she signed up to do this hosting. She told me when she offered to be a host, she didn’t know her team would be part of the tournament at Smith College. She said she and her roommate were so exhausted after running around the field for two days that the most they could manage was a quiet evening watching a movie with the prospective students. She really just wanted to sleep. </p>
<p>I know you would have to miss school again, but can you try to visit Mount Holyoke another night?</p>