<p>Hey everyone, I just wanted some advice in general. I was accepted SCEA, and I just got the Admit Weekend 2005 booklet. It looks like so much fun! But, it just so happens that my senior prom is that Saturday. Is Admit weekend worth missing senior prom? I don't want to feel lost when I arrive on campus in the fall, but I'm very torn about missing this last high school experience. I thought about leaving Friday night, but flying back to Indiana and then going to Prom on Saturday, followed by AP tests Monday and Tuesday sounds like a heavy load. So what do you all think? What are some of you doing?</p>
<p>Admit weekend is not a big deal at all. I did not attend mine last April and I do not feel like i missed out on anything. In fact, most of the people I've talked to here who did attend say that it didn't really affect their decision whether to attend Stanford. It's just another way to get acquainted with the school (its students, professors, etc), get some free stuff, check out the dorms, and meet a bunch of people that you may or may not ever see again.</p>
<p>My roommate feels very differently. On arriving, she found that having not gone to admit weekend made her feel very alone, because everyone else seemed to know at least a couple people already. I wouldn't have missed admit weekend for the world, as I met a couple of my closest friends and my now-boyfriend there. So it's up to you. :-)</p>
<p>Don't even worry about it! I went to Admit Weekend and absolutely hated it and, knowing that I would definitely go to Stanford, was a little depressed for a while. But turns out that I absolutely LOVE Stanford and Admit Weekend wasn't really representative of the university, no matter how much they tried. I don't really think you'll miss all that much. Go to prom. Enjoy the rest of your high school experience.</p>
<p>I have a very similar problem: I was accepted to Stanford early action but still have no idea where I want to go. Although I have visited all 5 of the other colleges I am interested in (Dartmouth, Williams, Princeton, Harvard, Yale), I was planning to wait until Admit Weekend to visit Stanford. However, I have the last crew regatta of the season and tons of APs to worry about that weekend, and I'm also worried that the Admit Weekend would portray a superficial, unrealistic view of Stanford and would leave me with only 1 day to make my final college decision. So, here's my question: would it be better to get a dorm stay the weekend before Admit Weekend and see what Stanford is like when it isn't trying so hard to show off to you, or should I just suck it up and go to Admit Weekend?</p>
<p>I think you should come the weekend before Admit Weekend and see what Stanford is really like. Walk around, ask students about whether they like it, visit classes, etc. Admit Weekend kind of sucked because you couldn't get a normal perception of Stanford. Plus, it's a dry campus and there aren't any parties :-(.</p>
<p>Thanks! That's the answer I was hoping for (well I don't know about the dry campus part, haha). Now I only have to convince my dad, who somehow got a hold of the admit weekend booklet and saw all the "interesting" activities contained inside...</p>
<p>Apparently it starts Thursday, so you could go Thursday (or Wednesday even and stay overnight probably) stay through Friday and then leave either late Friday or early Saturday.... Then there's also the option of just going a week earlier, which would probably give you a better idea what the school is really like anyway.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity though, does anyone else feel the same way as theatreislife, that you "wouldn't have missed admit weekend for the world" or that "having not gone to admit weekend" made you "feel very alone"? I'm not trying to commit social suicide here...</p>
<p>Haha I picture the cafeteria scene my freshman year...I walk into the dining hall and all the kids point and laugh and throw food at me cuz I'm the kid that didn't go to Admit Weekend.</p>
<p>(don't worry, I'm just kidding with that one ;))</p>
<p>Thanks, marlgirl, I posted before I saw yours. That's a good idea, but I forgot to mention that I live on the east coast and for some reason my parents think it is "absolutely absurd" to fly there and back before my Saturday morning regatta (yeah, they're probably right). I think I will go the week earlier, since I can don't have school that Monday and can probably get Friday off...unless someone responds to my last post with a reason why not going to Admit Weekend will ruin my life.</p>
<p>It won't ruin your life. At all. Everyone will want to meet new people at orientation, I doubt it will be a problem meeting people at all. I wouldn't worry about it.</p>
<p>I was exaggerating a bit with the ruin your life comment, I know...haha I tend to do that a lot. It's just that I've read comments on other threads about how amazing this weekend was for people (not to mention the Stanford admit office's own obsession with the weekend), and I wanted to make sure that I'm not missing too much. But I agree, I would probably get a better sense of it all by visiting on my own, so if my dad will spare the extra money for airfare, (I think Stanford pays for Admit Weekend travel) I'll be seeing Stanford the weekend before. Thanks guys!</p>
<p>I live close enough that I could just drive there (ok, so LA isn't <em>that</em> close but it's possible), so I think I'm actually going to visit once over spring break and then again over admit weekend. I actually think that if anything admit weekend would make me want to go there less. Hanging out with a bunch of students in the dorm and talking about philosophy or psychology or something would be far more interested to me than a weekend of mandatory fun. The only reason that I'm going to admit weekend at all is so that I can meet who will go there next year and get an even better idea who I'd be around and what kind of experiences I might have. My point: I really really don't think you're missing anything terribly important.</p>
<p>Wow. Are college admit weekends really THAT bad?</p>
<p>Oh man this blows. I just found out that admit weekend conflicts with our school's IB banquet. I still think I'll go to Admit Weekend, but i really would have loved to go to the banquet too. I guess sacrifices have to be made...</p>
<p>thanks for all the responses to the post everyone. I decided to come to admit weekend on wednesday and leave early saturday and still make it home for my prom. I know it will be tiring, but I'll get to look around on wednesday before everything really starts on thursday, and I want to meet fellow students and check out the dorms and sit in on some classes....etc...I hope to meet many of you there! :)</p>
<p>Nothing about Admit Weekend is mandatory. The reason I loved it is because I connected to people sitting around a table outside the coho talking about everything from politics to marriage for 3 hours, and the friendships I gained are still very important to me.</p>
<p>Believe me, you will not lose anything by not going to Admit Weekend. The only reason I went is because I live 15 min away from Stanford and I had nothing to do that weekend. I actually left early (only after a day) because it sucked (from my perspective) and did not represent Stanford at all.</p>
<p>Note: irinka and I went to the same high school, we just had very different experiences, and I think we are equally content at Stanford now. :-)</p>