I found out that admitted students day will be on April 15. Is this something for parents as well, or just prospective students?
How did you find out? Is the overnight option going to be April 14th-April 15th or April 15th-April 16th?
I’m assuming that there will be something for parents but on my acceptance letter, it just said that they would send me more information about visitation days in late March. I’d rather know earlier so that I can buy plane tickets before the prices get too high. Plus it gives me a chance to plan my Spring Break more efficiently.
I called admissions yesterday. I assume the overnight will be on the 14th because I was told the event will be on the 15th.
First off congratulations on your acceptances! Yes, there is a parent component to the admitted students day.
Thank you @ClaremontMom. I saw the school very early in her college process. I am very excited to see it from this perspective.
They will have parent activities, and it is well worth it for parents to go. But if your parents can’t attend, you can definitely still go without them. You parents will need to find their own lodging if you stay for the overnight, which I recommend if you can. Hotels near the Ontario airport are cheaper than right near campus, about a 15-20 minute drive away. As a parent, I had a really fun dinner out reconnecting with a high school friend in LA while my D2 was at her 5Cs overnight.
You should get more details from admissions before booking the flight – the overnight could be on either side of that date. Call back and ask that specific question before booking.
I highly recommend their Admitted Students Day for both students and parents (my daughter did not do the overnight so I cannot comment on that).
My daughter and I went last year and it really transformed how she saw the school (she is now a first year student there). Previously, we had visited over the summer so campus was very quiet. But Admitted Students Day gave her a true feeling for what a typical day looked like for Scripps students. This was the only women’s college she applied to (which is common for Scripps applicants), so seeing men in the dining hall, in Scripps classrooms, on the lawn, etc was helpful to her to because she was not looking for an exclusively female experience.
We both already knew the about the caliber of academic programs and the consortium before the event, but what I think won her (and me) over were the consistently intelligent, articulate, considerate and down-to-earth Scripps students she interacted with throughout the day - from registration, to panelists, to the baristas at the Motley coffeehouse and the women working the student store, etc.
I would say the only thing that prospective students do not personally experience at that event is taking classes on the other campuses (my daughter has had 2 classes each semester at other consortium schools), although current students do talk about it on panels. This is not a biggie, in my opinion.
Good luck!