<p>Anyone going that has taken a look at the tentative schedule given in the link from the confirmation email: </p>
<p>Throughout the schedule, it keeps mentioning "Tuesday Class registration" or "please make arrangements to meet your students on tuesday" ...now am i totally out of the loop...or are these just typos and they meant "thursday"?</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure they mean thursday, that's when i plan on signing up for classes anyway</p>
<p>We are planning on going Thursday, and my D will be signing up for classes then.</p>
<p>discussion about/thoughts on the days, anyone? i just got back tonight. very impressive overall i thought. much livelier and energetic than when i was there before, which was encouraging. SUN!</p>
<p>pictures?</p>
<p>and after that icky essay that someone posted in the college life forum...please show me the pretty people :) (not that I really believe that but still...)</p>
<p>oh yea i went too! oh man, which party did all you guys go too? i was rather pleasantly surprised by the people i met, there were more normal looking people than i expected. i also sat in on a "human being and the citizen" (or something like that) class and i definitely reccomend it to any other prospies going next week. oh and btw, yay for prospie lust... O week is going to be crazy...</p>
<p>Just returned. My D and I went. She had a great host and felt very comfortable. I was uncomfortable, however. The FA talk was very short and we were told you can appeal, but we will find that their first decision was correct, and tuition will go up 5-7% every year. Met with FA counselor - one on one - no sympathy, or empathy, just cold, hard facts, and was told if my D had such a wonderful offer elsewhere, that she should go there!</p>
<p>If by any chance there is a girl here who made out with some guy who was so drunk that he fell asleep on her: I apologize, but you've got to admit the situation was pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>Okay, guys, stop terrifying the parents!</p>
<p>well, my D came home with reports of heavy drinking. She and her friend were told that alcohol is the beverage of choice on a daily basis, even as you are cracking the orgo. assignment. Actually her host had passed out from her routine Thursday night drinking, and could not move on Fri. morning.
Evitajr1, my D did mention that administration and other folks were very uncaring.</p>
<p>Haha, WOW. It sounds like everyone had radically different evenings. At least that's even more proof that you can really carve out your own little niche for yourself, fun-wise. Just to briefly respond to the heavy drinking report, I would like to add that it is NOT something everyone on the campus does on a regular basis. When I stayed with a friend in Hitchcock and went to a party with her, with students of different ages and from different dorms, some drank and some didn't, and those who didn't were not the maladjusted "nerds," non-drinkers are purported to be at Chicago. No one got drunk and no one noticed whether you did or did not drink. So if you aren't interested in drinking, yet still like to socialize (my situation), it doesn't seem to be a problem at all.</p>
<p>Our dorm guide told us, in response to a question, that there is no drinking in the lounges, quads, etc., but that if you are so inclined, the U does not bust down doors. So, as long as your door is closed, no one will say anything. That said, my D didn't experience any of it with her host. They went into town to an all-night diner, ate and sat and talked. She felt very comfortable.</p>
<p>scot-who's-also-looking-at-dartmouth, as i've named you mentally because i don't remember your last name, where are you? i'm the brunette in the white abercrombie hoodie from the panel discussion thing...</p>
<p>What did people make of the admin. statement that 40% of UC'ers go to grad school directly,and 40% go into the workforce , and then no comment on 20%?</p>
<p>evitajr1 -- Sounds like the FA officer my friend encountered at Yale. His daughter was accepted EA and he believed the "if your child is admitted, Yale will make it possible to attend" line. Received no FA, and when he went to meet with a rep he got the, "Well, we would have liked to have her as a student, but if you can't afford it, you can't afford it" message.</p>
<p>P.S. Friend's daughter is attending Texas A&M. Hope you can work it out with Chicago. If not, where does your daughter plan to attend?</p>
<p>evitajir1: I am sorry that the financial aid has not worked out for you at Chicago. We are in the same situation with Swarthmore. I must say that this college admission process leaves me very cynical about the need-blind highly selective schools. They know that many of the lower end of the upper middle class families will not be able to pay full freight; it happens every year. I see now that they just want to get more applicants so they can have that tiny yield. It slays me to hear the lines FA officers give people, "Sell your house. If the other school's deal is so great, take that deal. If you can't afford it, you can't afford it." Quite a change in tone from the earlier visits, mounds of marketing literature, etc. I would think that some of these admissions types would have guilty consciences about these practices, especially the ones that go on about their honor codes.
What are your other options?</p>
<p>My D says she did not see the heavy drinking. Her host had a Chinese quiz at 8:30 a.m., so they did not party hearty. Her hostess was a freshman, but most of her friends were upperclassmen, so I think there was less juvenile behavior.</p>
<p>My S had a great overnight. Stayed up talking until 3:30 AM, part of the time going over calc proof's with his host so he could be a little prepared for a 3rd quarter honors calc class he was attending on Friday (loved the class, incidentally). Met lots of kids. Also was told that as long as one's behavior did not get out of line, no one would bust in. Met the admissions administrators, thought they were quite nice and very helpful. Liked the candid discussion once the parents left.</p>
<p>pattkk -- I am in complete agreement with you re middle class families and college costs. Sometimes (many times) it is just impossible. When my d was going through the application process, so many of the books and college materials essentially said, "Don't worry about the cost. If you are admitted, the college will ensure that it will be financially possible to attend." That's just not true. If you are low income, you may get enought need-based aid to attend. If you are wealthy, your parents may be able to pay for you to attend. If you are middle class, "Good luck . . ."</p>
<p>Does anyone have some nice pictures from the overnight? Send me a personal message if you don't want to make them public to the entire forum.</p>