<p>Could anyone share their experiences at admit weekends at their schools. Is it worth going to as a parent? If the school's weekend is 3 days, is it necessary/advisable to go to all 3? The tentative schedule at my son's school seems a bit duplicative. Just curious if we should make plans to take off work and line up flights. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.</p>
<p>If he already has made up his mind to go to the school you can skip it. It's more of a marketing deal to get those on the fence to attend.</p>
<p>It is most beneficial for those who have not decided yet. Sent DD on her own for the one furthest away since I had already seen the campus on an earlier visit. It made the difference in her decisions. I figured I did not need to know that much more so I did not go. The school arranged to have transportation to and from the airport so did not have to worry about that and they put them up in the dorms.</p>
<p>Parents don't need to attend, but I did enjoy tagging along at Carnegie Mellon as I hadn't seen the school at all before and I knew there was a good possibility that Mathson would be turning down a much better known school to attend. </p>
<p>The other school made it very clear parents weren't welcome for the weekend. There was a one hour welcome at the beginning and a one hour presentation at the end and for the rest they gave us a map of Boston and told us to enjoy the city. :)</p>
<p>Mathmom, Donner Hall didn't scare him away from CMU? My husband stayed there in the 70's . Can't believe it's still there!</p>
<p>They show them the brand new dorm with A/C. :)</p>
<p>Actually he spent the night at the Webster Apts. He didn't mind the walk and liked the big rooms - as it happens he ended up being assigned nearby to another Oakland Apt building.</p>
<p>Our experience with admit weekend was quite differnt. This was for D's top school. We had visited once and researched it like crazy. She was thrilled to be accepted and then we went to the overnight weekend. I went off to the parents stuff and she stayed overnight in the dorms. When I picked her up the next day she burst into tears and decided this was no longer her school. I felt the same way at the parents events. We were on the other side of the country and suddenly we were sitting in the car as she was balling and I was trying to figure out how to get her to the other schools for their tours that day(I had already thrown out those acceptance letters). We drove to 3 schools in 2 days (two states!). In the end it worked out but I was glad I was there and was able to correct the situation quickly. She would have been on a plane upset and then we would have had to try to figure it all out when she got back. We were able to get to the other schools and do their tours and meetings and in the end she wound up with a different school and was extremely happy but it was a bit of a shock and change of plans at the very end. You just never know......</p>