<p>in response to the article... uh, aren't all admit weekends like that? what school WOULDN'T want to make themselves look good?</p>
<p>which airport is closest to stanford?</p>
<p>I think San Jose, Nana.
That article was shocking.</p>
<p>yea it was...its okay we dont want someone like that at stanford neways..</p>
<p>and SF airport is also nearby though most people prefer san jose</p>
<p>Wow. Just read that article. I'm sort of terrified - I don't want to spend four days dancing and singing. (But I will be.)</p>
<p>Can any current Stanford students give us their thoughts on admit weekend last year?</p>
<p>P.S. - How'd you come across that article?</p>
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<p>someone like what? all she wrote about was her experience, and that happened to be published in the Washington post...I don't know why Stanford wouldn't want her.</p>
<p>of course schools are going to try to sell themselves to you on the admit weekend, but I think the best way of doing that is exposing the real school to the student and then hope they choose it for the place that it is. What Stanford really doesn't want is a student that chooses to go and because of the fairy tale image they got on the admit weekend, later becomes miserable because they find it it just isn't the place of them. I'm sure everyone's experiences aren't like the author's, but that doesn't make hers any less valid.</p>
<p>no im not saaying her opinion is not valid...of course i think stanford should be presenting a more realistic picture of life there. However, I think she was being way too negative. I think she needed to point out the positive aspects of stanford. and of course, during admit weekends/days, what school doesn't try to sell itself to you? I agree with her to a certain degree but I think she was being way too cynical. if she wanted to know something bad about stanford as she mentions near the end in her article, she could have simply asked her HoHo or any other student during admit weekend to tell her about some negative aspects of stanford. </p>
<p>Plus, you can't expect me to not be offended when someone is shedding my/our future school in a negative light...i think her post got to me cuz i <3 stanford way too much.</p>
<p>This guy seems to be pretty cynical also, but he's going to stanford.
<a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001418%5B/url%5D">http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001418</a></p>
<p>If you can afford the travel costs, admit weekend is a great experience for parents too! In some ways, we got to see even more than our D. Of course it is the student who needs to make the decision, but if you've already decided or need help deciding it is a wonderful opportunity for parents to get a feel for the school too. Oh, and that doesn't mean you will tag a long with your child, or them with you. We did very different activities and got to see very different things. And of course the parents stay in a hotel while the student sleeps overnight in the dorms. I highly recommend it. And check out the tour or the research labs. It was very exciting!</p>
<p>"Ugh, same weekend as Harvard's admitted students."</p>
<p>Just, I've got the same problem. Are you going to Harvard's?</p>
<p>Well, at least I HOPE I have the problem. ;)</p>
<p>jellybean-I saw the article on the old CC. I was hoping that I'd be able to see stanford's profro weekend to see how things had changed, but as it turns out...</p>
<p>Navgirl-I'm definitely going to Harvard's prefrosh (plane tickets have been bought). So much for a California trip (assuming I can get in).</p>
<p>Call me a nerd, but i would way rather go to the Math team state competition that day (IL). It's not that I don't love stanford, but math always comes first. Plus i look at it like this. I was never allowed to visit any of the schools i've attended ahead of time yet i dont have too many complaints about them. With all the great things i've been hearing about stanford, i figure i dont have to visit to know it's a great place. Plus, i know a girl who enrolled at USC without ever having visited, and she absolutely loves it there.</p>
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<li><p>I had an awesome time at Admit Weekend last year. Sarah Ball's article was completely exaggerated, because she was antisocial and didn't come in with a good attitude. I have met people who remember her, including the girl at the end of the article, so this is not an inference. </p></li>
<li><p>Admit Weekend is whatever you want it to be. If you want to have fun, I guarantee you will. </p></li>
<li><p>If you get really lucky and get to stay in Branner, I will personally prove to you that you can have whatever experience you want, because I am one of the Head House Hosts (or Head HoHos, as you will hear us referred to, yay stanford abbreviations). </p></li>
<li><p>I met my would-be-boyfriend(who I have been dating for 5 months) spending a night just chilling in a computer lab on the last night of Admit Weekend from 3-7am. The possible connections you make with people are infinite... it's worth every moment just for the people you meet.</p></li>
<li><p>Come to Admit Weekend. It is going to Kick Ass.</p></li>
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<p>hey efilsiertaeht, are u part of the yahoo stanford09 group?</p>
<p>not to criticize efilsiertaeht to much, but an admit weekend isn't a time to socialize. Sarah Ball came to admit weekend with the intention of learning about Stanford and deciding whether it was a fit for her. I'm sure the connections you've made there are fantastic, but its sounds like you already knew you wanted to go to Stanford before the admit weekend. What Sarah Ball is criticizing is the lack of actual useful information in making her college decision. </p>
<p>I doubt this is going to change this year; the admit weekend ends 1 day before college decisions are due. It sounds like admit weekend is a great time for those that know Stanford is for them, but to those still deciding, it seems to lack any real substance. </p>
<p>All this is just my humble opinion, and I dont a except a positive response seeing as this is the STANFORD board after all :-P</p>
<p>where do we sleep during admit weekend? should i stay in a hotel with my parents? stay with a freshman friend of mine? or does stanford automatically place u in someone's dorm - and if so, is that worth it, or should i stay with a friend i already know?</p>
<p>they automatically place you in a dorm</p>
<p>i just asked my parents and they said they werent coming so i have to drive there by myself.</p>