<p>What did y'all think?</p>
<p>Ped1593:</p>
<p>Did you go? Can you tell me about your exprerience? I’m scheduled for a week day tour, but another CC member said that her weekday tour was disappointing. I’m considering registering for next weekends Decision Day if it’s going to be a better experience.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I did go! It was nice. You get there early and the students seem enthusiastic. They give you a personalized itinerary according to your itinerary. You don’t have to follow it exactly, though. In the morning they give you breakfast, then you go to a “meeting” for about 1.5 hours about your major where you can ask questions and they tell you all about it. Then you get lunch, can take a tour, talk to an admissions counselor, visit the dorms (the lines were kinda long, since they’re not included in the tour so you go individually). I liked it. Any other questions?</p>
<p>Hey! I went today… loved it. It gave me a great feeling for udel and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna go there now. There we so many people and everyone was so nice. The one thing I have really noticed about udel is that you are NOT treated like a number. Not even on a day when there are thousands of kids there. It was unbelievable. I also went to one of he weekday accepted student tours about two weeks ago. It was totally a different feel and I have to say that enjoyed the decision day a lot more… if you can make it to the one on the 16th definitely do it</p>
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<p>I already know that I’m definitely going to UDel and my major is undecided. Is it worth it to go to decision day? I mean I basically know what my department is all about and I know I’m definitely going.</p>
<p>My mom is the only one out of my family who has seen the campus, so my dad and my sister want to go see it. Do you think it will be fine to just go to an accepted day? Or do you think I should still just go to Decisions Day?</p>
<p>I thought the decision day program was disappointing. We were promised breakfast in a dining hall. Instead, breakfast was in the Trabant food court. Therefore, we lost the opportunity to experience a dining hall. The program in our son’s academic department was very informative, but there was no broader program on the University’s general education requirements or freshmen transition. Also, we felt very pressured regarding how to decide between three or four overlapping events: College Connection Fair (student activities and programs) in SW corner of campus, visiting a dorm (long line to get in), touring campus, or going to academic department fair/lunch. In retrospect, we should have skipped the box lunch to try to take a tour. My son did like the chance to hear from students in a Q & A session and the chance to meet both current and prospective students. In summary, it was very worthwhile, but compared to other school’s open houses, I think it could be improved. As for the term, “Decision Day”, I suspect many students come already decided.</p>
<p>We were disappointed in the day. My son had not made his decision so were expecting something special to help him decide between UDel and another school - I guess we were expecting something to WOW us. The tour was the same as back in August and the academic presentation was very unimpressive. He loves the campus at Delaware but the academics seem stronger at his other choice. He’s going to give it a couple days for everything to sink in and then will let us know his decision.</p>
<p>Gee it sounds almost like we were on different campuses yesterday. We did eat breakfast in a dining hall - Russel. And offered a box lunch too, which we skipped after grabbing cans of soda and headed off to learn more. From early in the day you could have gotten the impression that the campus had been cleared out and only Blue Hen Ambassadors left there. They were everywhere, offering directions, cheery greetings, help and information of any sort. The program for undecided students was good describing the process or advising. We were also told there and at various other points in the day about First Year Experience. College Connection in Trabant wasn’t much, but we walked over to Perkins where everyone we spoke to was very helpful. By then we decided that we had walked so much we didn’t need a tour of the campus or residence halls(and we had done a tour last year) so we straight to the session on Discovery Learning which was very helpful. We ended the day before driving home with some very tasty sandwiches at Home Grown Cafe.</p>
<p>My D is not yet 100% decided since we have one more accepted students day to attend, but Delaware went more out of its way than other schools we’ve been too or that I’ve been to with my other kids.</p>
<p>Any comments on UDel vs. Drexel for engineering? Does UDEL do any kind of co-op program?</p>
<p>mhc48: How did you end up at Russell for breakfast? We were told to go to the Trabant food court.</p>
<p>The first thing I noticed as we drove up was the number of students around to help you. We checked in, grabbed a quick bite to eat and went to the information session for my D’s major. They showed us a short video that was very cute. The interim head of the department was boring but the student panel set up for questions was very informative. We then did the walking tour and ate lunch. After lunch we went to see the dorms. This is where they could have been more organized. It was a long line to get in and then all we saw was the room. I would have liked to see the community room, mailboxes, gym, and laundry room. I wish that the groups set up in Perkins were there all day because I didn’t get to see them but this was the same as UMD.</p>
<p>Posted this on another thread but want to ask here as well:</p>
<p>Can anyone who has been to a DD at UDel answer what dress is the norm? Friend said his kid wore a suit and tie to his DD (another school). Is this the norm, or are the kids dressed a little more casually?</p>
<p>We attended on 4/9 and it was more on the casual side. I wouldn’t wear a suit and tie.</p>
<p>Thanks! Nice jeans and a collared shirt too casual?</p>
<p>Totally casual.</p>
<p>We all wore jeans. Make sure you where comfortable shoes or sneakers because there is a lot of walking.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! Jeans were our plan but this friend was so shocked I wanted to be sure I had the right idea!</p>
<p>Udel15: Which school’s DD did your friend attend that was so formal. I’ve been to DD’s for Penn State, Virginia Tech, Pitt and Rollins College and they were all very casual. Is it an Ivy?</p>
<p>No, it was Villanova.</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe that most kids at a Villanova DD dressed that formally. We live nearby, and I assure you that Villanova students are casually dressed (as are kids at Ivies - they put their jeans on one leg at a time like everyone else. 
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