<p>Hey guys, I really need your opinion on this... I just found out that Discovery weekend is the same weekend as prom. </p>
<p>I know for sure I'm going to Smith, but I think I want to take this opportunity to really check out the campus and mentally prepare myself for what to expect this coming fall. After all, I think its pretty important that I go. It will be the beginning of my future. And, I think it's pretty important to know what I'll be investing the next four years in.</p>
<p>Prom - well, it's only a one night thing (compared to an invested four years of education)... and it's not like missing out would KILL me. I'd love to go, but I feel that Discovery Weekend is more important... what do you think? I kind of need a second opinion. It just seems that I'll regret one way or the other... but I need to know my priorities... and Smith is DEFINATELY a priority right now. </p>
<p>Ahhh... I don't know what to think right now... please someone, help me!</p>
<p>I'd love to go, but I feel that Discovery Weekend is more important}}</p>
<p>Prom is a once in lifetime event too. Your BF might be a tad upset. To this day, I have great memories of my prom :) Can you visit the college another weekend? I'm sure someone would be more than happy to host you for a weekend and help give you a good sense of the college.</p>
<p>otoh-- Do you live out-of-state? Is Smith flying you to Harford to attended the weekend?</p>
<p>Go to Discovery Weekend! Like you said, it's scoping out the place where you are likely to spend the next four years of your life. There will be plenty of other social activities for high school seniors later on...</p>
<p>Go to the prom. You'll never get an opportunity to go to your senior prom again.</p>
<p>You already know you are going to Smith, so the Discovery weekend won't be helpful other than maybe meeting a few of your future classmates. You'll have plenty of time to bond with them once you arrive. </p>
<p>Arrange to visit another weekend. You'll actually get a better idea of Smith then because you won't be sitting through all the PR and chaos of mass migration. :-) You'll be seeing the REAL Smith.</p>
<p>If you can't visit another weekend, don't sweat it. You won't be at a disadvantage when you arrive on campus. I know you're anxious to move on to the next stage of your life, but you should also savor the (finally!) fun parts of senior year.</p>
<p>I say, if you always wanted to go to prom and have the dress, then go to prom. Discovery Weekend is great but you can always go and visit Smith a different time, when there isn't as many people buzzing around campus.</p>
<p>Go to the prom unless you weren't going to the prom before you knew about Discovery Weekend. You only have a few senior activities left.</p>
<p>If prom is on Saturday and you can get to Smith, you could try going to Open Campus instead (Thursday and Friday of the same week) or you could do a visit on your own (it's not too late to plan an overnight with the Admissions office), but if you've visited before seeing Smith again isn't really a big deal.</p>
<p>Borgin...the more I read your responses, the more impressed I am with you. Great advice! Attend prom, that only happens once. (I bet you were expecting all of us parents to say "avoid prom", now weren't you?) Then attend Open Campus if you can. Stay overnight, and get the same info. Have fun these last months of senior year; all the pressure is off (you know you're going to Smith!), and unless your competing for either of the top two spots for your class, then rank doesn't matter to you anymore. Enjoy...carefully! (you had to know that one of us would have to say that to you!)</p>
<p>If you haven't visited campus yet; a little bit. Nothing so drastic that you wouldn't catch up with in the first week of school. Although, I really do think that open campus would be great for you to attend; even if only for one day.</p>
<p>It might even be more realistic staying with a Smithie then going through all the structured "prospie" stuff. Staying with a smithie yu'll just get the nitty gritty of what happens here and probably more truthful info than what Smith will fluff up at a big event like this.</p>
<p>hey guys, sorry to bother you again... but something else also came up. today i just found out that we won the district math competition and we're advancing to regionals. it also happens to be the same day as prom and discovery weekend. furthermore, my spanish teacher has selected me to compete in a spanish poetry contest which also happens to be on the same day as everything else. so now i have to choose between discovery weekend, or do all the other three activities (where spanish competition is in the morning, math is in the afternoon, and prom is at night - and i have a "tentative" date). i'm sooooo torn between all of them. there are many pros and cons to all... but i would like yet another "second" opinion. thanks. (again, sorry for this.. but i think you're the right people to ask).</p>
<p>oh, i'll be calling smith to see if i can arrange another time - but i highly doubt it where expenses will be paid and i can just go sit in in all the classes)...</p>
<p>Just visit another time. My house has a bunch of gold key members and we love prospies. Heck we'd love to host you...I'd do it but I'm never around on weekends....The republican party calls</p>
<p>You've already decided on Smith, right? If you're not choosing between two school and have visited before, you'll be fine if you choose the school events even if scheduling another visit isn't possible. Given your options, I'd choose the school events. </p>
<p>As a clarification, you can only visit Smith with a Gold Key as a host on Monday-Thursday nights.</p>
<p>Go to your prom. You don't have that many days of high school left, so take as much of it in as you can! I am in college right now, and as great as it is, I really miss high school. </p>
<p>You have an entire four years to experience Smith. Chances are, you won't get to experience your prom again.</p>