<p>You don’t need an invite, you can just register here: h t t p : / / a d m i s s i o n s . w u s t l . e d u / S i t e C o l l e c t i o n D o c u m e n t s / D W R e g i s t r a t i o n F or m 0 9 . p d f and just send that in the mail by August 28th. There is more information about DW available here: h t t p : / / a d m i s s i o n s . w u s t l . e d u / D W / P a g e s / d e f a u l t . a s p x </p>
<p>hope that helps</p>
<p>Acolombianp28, thank you SO much!!!</p>
<p><a href=“http://admissions.wustl.edu/DW/Pages/default.aspx[/url]”>http://admissions.wustl.edu/DW/Pages/default.aspx</a></p>
<p>EDIT: Wait, I thought that Wash U would pay for your airfare?</p>
<p>WashU pays the airfare for some students, but not all students.</p>
<p>I just signed up for DW yesterday, and I have not yet received any email confirmations. I did not know that scholarships are given out based on merit. I think my parents already bought tickets for the flight… sigh. </p>
<p>Does anyone know when info will be sent out once you have sent in the RSVP? (I did mine online)</p>
<p>I called the number and got an email about 3 (weekdays) later. My mail was received one or two days after that.</p>
<p>So how many of you students are allowing your parent(s) to come along? For those who attended last year, is this a fun and/or valuable experience for parents of prospective students?</p>
<p>My mom isn’t coming because flights are like $200. I don’t think she’d have anything to do anyways.</p>
<p>They do schedule some things for parents (information sessions, Campus tours, Seminars, etc.) The only downside is that they have to pay for everything: flight, hotel, food, etc. If your parents have not seen the campus and wish to make it a “family” visit, then by all means have them go. However, from what I know, this weekend is supposed to let you experience college life at WashU. Do you really think you can do that with your parents there?</p>
<p>There are now lots of DW threads. I’m writing on this one to get it up top. Sounds like tons of fun. </p>
<p>We’re not from this area, and my son didn’t have friends who went to WUSL, so he didn’t know of the school. But I’ve always said this is the perfect school for him. I’m sure he’ll discover why this weekend.</p>
<p>I’m hoping someone who has attended DW will read this and weigh in with suggestions on what a girl should wear to the welcome dinner/talent show thing on the first day. Are nice jeans okay, or is it a dressy event? Same question for an admissions interview - I assume jeans would not be a great idea for that. But please correct me if I’m wrong. Weather check shows warm temps with a chance of thunderstorms for the coming week. Are those storms short and intense, or a drawn out kind of thing? In other words, is a full set of rain gear necessary? Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m going to Discovery Weekend this coming week so I cannot give you a veteran’s insight but I can tell you that the interviews at WashU are usually done by a student so it is more informal. However, I would still not suggest wearing jeans becuase there is a chance that you could get to talk to an admission’s officer (it happened to me). I wore a nice blouse and grey dress pants and that seemed to be the norm.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about the weather aspect. it was raining/snowing when I went in April but I didn’t feel the need for a full set of raingear.</p>
<p>Also, on the packet of info that they sent, it said that the dinner is “informal” which I take to mean not quite casual but not completely formal… so business attire? I emailed my host to ask and I would be happy to pm you the answer that she gives me.</p>
<p>Thanks, please do report back. My D doesn’t have a host identified yet, and this isn’t the kind of thing you want to pester the organizers about.</p>
<p>I too have yet to receive information of my host. I hope they won’t forget</p>
<p>If you haven’t heard from you’re host, I would suggest that you call the school to tell them. I’m sure that your host has been notified of your arrival, it is just a matter of getting (and by getting I mean forcing) them to contact you.</p>
<p>what is the male equivalent to “nice blouse and grey dress pants”?</p>
<p>A button down shirt, maybe a tie and nice slacks. Khakis could work too.</p>
<p>Didn’t know hosts were to contact the students beforehand. Haven’t heard anything. Is this something we should contact to school about? My son would say ‘don’t bother’ and he’s usually right. But I’d sure like to know. So if anyone from WUSL is reading this, pls reach out to your prospie!</p>
<p>You should hear back by tomorrow evening at the latest. If you haven’t by then, you should talk to admissions.</p>
<p>Thanks! My S leaves by 6:00am on Thursday, so tomorrow really is the latest. He’s not the least bit concerned; I am! No, he’s too busy putting together this week’s school newspaper, among other things.</p>
<p>It appears that some of the people invited to DW are being hosted by a special organization, like the Black Students Association, and others are not. I had assumed that hosts might be identified earlier for one group and not the other. So I am also assuming my D will be taken care of when she arrives. I’ve been so impressed by the friendliness and efficiency of the people at WUSTL who are setting this up.</p>