<p>Starting next week, the first of eight sessions for Camp War Eagle begins at Auburn University in Alabama. Parents and future students for Fall 2010 post any details, impressions, and observations.
According to Auburn’s website, Camp War Eagle is Auburn’s summer orientation program for incoming freshmen. The program exists primarily to better orient Auburn’s new students through a structured program emphasizing academic and personal success. Students meet faculty, talk with academic advisors, and register for fall semester classes. An estimated 3800 incoming freshmen participate in one of eight three day, two night Camp War Eagle sessions. A separate program for parents is held simultaneously at each session to better acquaint them with university services and resources. Approximately 550 parents attend each session of Camp War Eagle.
My daughter and I are attending the second session June 2nd - June 4th. I will post my impressions and details of the sessions</p>
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<p>We are attending the first one, so I will definitely post our impressions. D is already so excited, and so ready to be finished with high school. Our biggest questions so far are how the learning communities/honors symposium will work, and whether D will be able to participate in both.</p>
<p>My daughter just finished her last AP exam and her last IB exam was Wednesday. She is so ready for college and so through with high school. I do have to admit that I was sad when both she and her boyfriend finished cleaning out all of their stuff from my class storage room (I teach at the same high school). After school I sat down and it hit me that I won’t teach at the same school as my children anymore. When my son was a student and during these past four years with my daughter, my classroom was always filled with either them or their friends. I guess I will save money with not having to keep so much water and snacks in stock. :)</p>
<p>awww, proudmom, i understand. i keep finding myself thinking, “this is the last time…” my husband said right now everything is focused on an ending which makes it melancholy a bit. that being said, camp war eagle will be wonderful and focused on the future. ours is june 6-8th. i’m glad it’s that soon.</p>
<p>sherigmom: i have the same concern about the honors symposium. definitely need to learn more at CWE.</p>
<p>Returned from Camp War Eagle late Friday afternoon. Impressions as a parent is that Auburn University during the parents sessions provides so much information to enable the success of your child there. You will know plenty of resources which you can pleasantly remind your son/daughter that are available to them.
In addition, you will have plenty of material to review once home. My wife and I were “wowed” by the thoroughness in the approach so parents are secure sending their child to school at Auburn.
Don’t forget to visit all the Tiger Tables in Haley Center during one of the breakout sessions.</p>
<p>we just returned from our CWE today and everything, as usual with Auburn, was quite well organized. when the students register for classes just know that even if they don’t get the sections/times of classes they want, staff was super helpful. my son drew virtually the last number to register, but it worked out for him. apparently, what they do is reserve a certain number of spots in the core classes for each subsequent CWE. it’s probably the most logical and fair way to do it, even though our son was virtually last to register.</p>
<p>also, if you have yet to receive AP scores you can still estimate some exemption from entry level classes and get special permission to register for more advanced class. (given that it’s logical…ie: son had Spanish I-V and AP, so we had no problem getting into higher level w/o AP score yet)</p>
<p>make sure you student brings picture ID to set up lunch Tiger card. if you’re in honors, priority registration will not begin until the spring semester. everyone was really nice and helpful. the only real problem was that our son is an undeclared COSAM and in honors. therefore, the suggested class sample given to him was really general and then we had to also try to fit some honors classes in on top of that. he was also registered for the honors symposium, but we just forego that cuz it was too much to try to figure out. the advisors were great, but if you’re undeclared major you need more help and there were just too few advisors. that was the only time during the whole CWE that was stressful. it ended up that once we spoke with the advisors they really helped!</p>
<p>i will say that going back to auburn again just made us feel that same original fit for our son. i guess you could say that we’re becoming big fans of auburn! =)</p>
<p>Feedback, our kids sound like they were in identical situations. D is undeclared in COSAM, and in honors. The only class she couldn’t get at the first CWE was the one unit Intro To Health Professions. There was a really interesting study abroad opportunity that would offer almost the same thing as the Honors Symposium, so we’re hoping she can do that between her second and third year.</p>
<p>sherigmom, was that study abroad in italy? i think i saw that. my son was literally the last student to finalize his schedule in the computer lab. when he was done all the advisors started clapping. haha it’s amazing how little time it takes to register hundreds of kids’ classes.</p>
<p>Yes, it was in Italy. The kids have to be at least 19 as of early June to participate, so D is out of luck until after sophomore year. Hopefully it will be an annual trip. The professor that goes on the trip was at CWE during the table talks, and he seemed great.</p>
<p>We just returned from CWE yesterday. Overall, it was very informative and well organized. The temperature and humidity though were stifling. (We are not from the south) The second day our daughter was a little stressed out when it came time to register. She got very little sleep the previous night as the air conditioner was too cold and her roommate and her didn’t realize until the middle of the night that they could turn down the fan. Thus, they were freezing and couldn’t sleep.
Registration was a little tough as she is undeclared as to a major. Then she wanted to try and fit in an honor’s class. To top it off, she tested out of the first two freshmen comp classes because of her ACT English score. At the Honor’s Luncheon, the head of the Honor’s College said they should take a writing class anyway. When she registered though, her advisor recommended she not take a freshman comp class because she would lose the credits she already had on her record. In the end she decided to forego the freshmen comp classes. The advisors were very helpful though, and everything worked out. She has World History, Chemistry, and Honor’s Calculus, along with a one credit class.
On the way home I asked her if she was more sure of her decision to pick Auburn, less sure, or no change. She said she was more sure and that Auburn already felt like home. This was very reassuring since she will be 1100 miles from her “other home.” We have been amazed at how friendly the people at Auburn are. It seems as if everyone you meet is willing to help in some way. My daughter also said it extended to the students. She said she didn’t meet anyone during CWE whom she wouldn’t be able to get along with and no girls she wouldn’t be OK rooming with.</p>
<p>Mustang2000: It is funny that your daughter and her CWE roommate had thermostat problems. My daughter also did and she also froze the first night, but was comfortable the next. They also had problems with the shower not working right and had to use another shower next to them. I am glad for both of them that they will be in the newer Village next month. Even with the utility issues, she had a blast and felt at home.</p>
<p>The thought of a dorm having AC at all is so foreign to us! Our kids just have fans running all over the place, but it’s really only a problem a couple of months a year.</p>