<p>Although AVHS, UPenn is great too (S1 is a freshman) - Is that his first choice?</p>
<p>Oh my gosh, do I ever understand the “any excuse to get to New Orleans”! If I weren’t already going to be down there 2 times before the DT weekends (and a couple of other reasons) I would be pushing to get there for sure! And yes, April is fantastic weather wise. Although there is always at least one wet, muddy day at Jazz Fest!</p>
<p>AVHS Dad I understand your thinking perfectly :)</p>
<p>3bysmom: UPenn is his #1 and his highest reach IMHO. He spent a month there this summer in a biomed program. The academic portion was great, but the dorm he stayed in was a slum.</p>
<p>I agree that some of the dorms (ok, maybe most) are pretty gross, my S is in one of the high rises and he has a really nice set-up (2 person suite). seems to be where most of the engineering/biomed kids end up. I will say though, that he has already told his brother that he WILL be coming down for mardi gras next year!</p>