<p>I have a few questions about this…
Can you stay in a dorm with someone or do you have to stay in a hotel? Also, do most students bring their parents with them or do they go alone?</p>
<p>Dear kathleen21 : Students will stay in one of the campus dorms (usually Vanderslice) for the orientation program. The orientation program is targeted at both parents and students; both will follow separate tracks. The truth of the matter is that the parents and students do not see each other after the introduction session for about two days until the closing session (unless they run into each other on campus). Most parents come to campus for the orientation session. For more information, you can check out the First Year Experience page on the Boston College web site : </p>
<p>[First</a> Year Experience - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/offices/fye/]First”>http://www.bc.edu/offices/fye/)</p>
<p>The orientation details are available here :</p>
<p>[Orientation</a> - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/offices/fye/orientation.html]Orientation”>http://www.bc.edu/offices/fye/orientation.html)</p>
<p>Finally, a link for parents is available here :</p>
<p>[Especially</a> for Parents](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/offices/fye/Especially_for_parents.html]Especially”>http://www.bc.edu/offices/fye/Especially_for_parents.html)</p>
<p>Note that registration for a session is due by May 1, 2010. The earlier your register, the more likely you will get a session to meet your schedule.</p>
<p>scott:</p>
<p>I think you may have misread kathleen’s question – she was inquiring about admitted student’s days in April, not Orientation this summer.</p>
<p>kathleen, yes, parents are welcome to Eagle Days. (BC is very family-friendly.) Dunno about overnight stays, but I’m guessing not available.</p>
<p>Dear bluebayou : You are correct … I have the right answer to the wrong question 
Apologies, but let’s save the orientation answer for just a couple of week from now!</p>
<p>I appreciate the orientation info too haha.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure at least one of my parents wants to come to Eagle Day, we’ll have to find a place to stay then!</p>
<p>It would be most convenient and least costly for us to attend the last session for orientation. However my d tells me that it is better to attend the earlier orientation because it helps with class selection. Is this true. Is it possible to get closed out of classes if you orient later.?</p>
<p>Dear detroitgirl : To some extent, attending an earlier session will afford more flexibility. That said, Boston College when scheduling freshmen for classes does an exceptional job at reserving slots for each orientation group to avoid complete shutouts. If possible, attending an earlier session is advantageous, but it is by no means a deal breaker.</p>
<p>kathleen21-You will definitely need to find a nearby hotel for admitted students day. Current BC students are still on campus and occupying the dorms.</p>
<p>NervousMAmom: Can you suggest a hotel or two? We’re interested in either staying conveniently close to campus OR staying downtown so we can walk around and see Boston on the day after our visit to BC. We are not coming for an admitted day but rather mid-week in April. Son is admitted but we can’t swing the admitted student day. We will not be renting a car but will cab it from airport and then place to place as needed. We are west coasters not familiar at all with Boston or BC. Thanks.</p>
<p>A couple of suggestions for smbsmom: I can’t think of any hotels within walking distance of BC. Try staying in the Copley Square area, several hotels – the Westin, Fairmount Copley and others. There’s a Copley T-station where you could take the BC green line to the bottom of the BC campus, leave yourself 7-10min to walk up to the admissions area from Tstop. Probably leave 45 min. to get from copley to bc.
From the copley area you can easily take a green line train inbound the next day to the Fanueil hall area for sight seeing. The Copley area itself is also nice – Copley Place (shopping and restaurants), Boston Public Library, Newbury Street nearby, within walking distance to theater district.
Also try calling the admissions office to see what they suggest.
Hopefully all of our rainy weather will be over by the time you visit. Also, the Boston Marathon is Monday April 19 – great and fun event, but you probably don’t want to come then – boston is crazy busy that day and preceding weekend – getting a hotel would be difficult.
Enjoy your visit!</p>
<p>Just a follow-up to freecycle’s comment about April 19th – which is Patriots’ Day, a State holiday in MA. You do not want to visit BC’s campus on that day. The marathon route runs right past BC on Commonwealth Avenue, and the crowds make it next to impossible to travel to the campus. Also, there are no classes held at BC on that day – no tours or info sessions either.</p>
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<p>Not true for most Frosh classes. For example, Frosh English may have 16 slots in each section/time slot. BC will open two slots during each Orientation period (assuming 8 orientations over the summer).</p>
<p>One big advantage for attending an earlier orientation is to get engaged in the community earlier. Frosh attendees build a e-mail/facebook list and keep in touch over the summer, not only with each other but the Orientation Leaders (upper classmen) as well. Some kids even find roomies who they list on their Res Life app.</p>
<p>Thanks scottj and bluebayou. Is there any issue of not getting desired classes at orientation. Any suggestions to give yourself the best chance??</p>
<p>Plan to have a few backups for each class when you go to register. Unless you are extremely lucky, you are most likely not going to get every class you want. But that’s ok, because it all works out in the end.</p>
<p>Add-drop goes on all summer, so keep checking Agora to see if a slot opens in a class that piques your interest.</p>
<p>Class registration at orientation can be confusing, it will depend who your advisor is at the time. You can switch your classes around all summer, and the first few weeks of school, so don’t worry if you don’t get what you want at first. I changed mine many times over the summer.</p>