<p>Will I'm planning on attending an "Open House for Accepted Students" in a few weeks and most likely it will be me, my dad and my mom.</p>
<p>But I do have a 13 year old brother...I mean do younger kids usually attend these events?</p>
<p>good question- i think it is different at different schools- i would call the admissions office and ask what most people do</p>
<p>They can… but it is likely to be pretty boring for siblings!!</p>
<p>I can’t comment on Accepted Student Weekends, but I went to a few Prospective Student Weekends. The kids who brought their parents seemed to have a lot less fun, even though we participated in the same activities.</p>
<p>Unless parents and sibs are specifically invited, I think it’s best if just the student attends. It’s their time to be on their own - - to meet other prospective students and to see whether this is the campus for them without their parents/sibs hovering.</p>
<p>^^Yes! I tried to tell my mom that for the accepted students weekends, I’d prefer if I went alone so that I could meet other kids and form my own impressions of the school instead of hers but she got offended ! =(</p>
<p>My son went to a special weekend at one of the colleges he was considering. At first, I expected I would go with him, but as it’s a plane ride away and I explored deeper, I realized I would just be extra baggage. He had a blast and did the things he enjoys (poetry readings, for instance) that might not have been my choices, but I’m so glad he did this on his own.</p>
<p>We attended with our D, but did not “hover.” DH, who is paying, had never seen the campus. D went to separate sessions from us and we reconnected at the group lecture at the end of the day. It looked like most kids had parents tagging along.</p>
<p>Bump for.</p>
<p>So parents go and not brothers/sisters?</p>
<p>When my sister had one at Northwestern, there were quite a few events where everyone’s parents, and some siblings, were there. Info sessions, banquets with speakers, open fora. But, in the late afternoon, all the parents and siblings left, went back to the hotels, and came back to pick up the students in the morning.
It was the same for my sister at UMich, except that I didn’t come.</p>
<p>A lot seem to be like that, where there are events for parents, and siblings can tag along, but the bulk of the weekend/open house is for the student.</p>
<p>The events, in my experience, are quite boring for younger siblings. I was much happier with the UMich one during which I stayed with a friend in Ann Arbor.</p>
<p>The accepted student day/s we attended had functions for students only, parents only, and parents and students together. Parents were expected to attend so they could be given the pep talk about why it was worth the $$$. The ‘student only’ events were designed for students to get to know other students, and to provide opportunities for prospective students to ask questions of students and faculty w/o interfering parents.</p>
<p>We left the little sister (my daughter) at home, though. I’m sure she wouldn’t have been banned, but it would have been boring for her, to put it mildly. And, it just wasn’t about her, so she didn’t need to be there.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>