Family Weekend 2006: registration open.

Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>For current students (including Class of '10!) or parents reading this forum, you may want to know that registration for Family Weekend opened this morning. The dates are Oct. 13-15, and if you want to attend any of the free talks, performances, or receptions, or any of the luncheons or performances which charge a small fee, you'll need to register. (It's cheaper to register now than on-site in Oct., and often the tickets sell out beforehand for events like the Nobel Laureate Luncheon.) Various events are targeted at siblings, so it's OK to bring younger family members also.</p>

<p>There are special tours and demos and talks scheduled around campus which attenders may choose <em>ONE</em> to register for: they are very popular and always "sell out", so early registration is recommended for best choice.</p>

<p>I'll be going this year. Any parents want to get together for a CC Parent Conclave informally while we're there?</p>

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<p>Count me in mootmom! I am looking forward to my first family weekend. It will be great so many of the other parents!</p>

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<p>Another thought mootmom - how will CC parents be able to identify each other besides looking for the gray haired people ? :-)</p>

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<p>Last year I wrote "mootmom / leftcoast mom" on the bottom of my nametag, and several people were able to identify me on that basis (students and parents alike), standing in food lines and at other random times.</p>

<p>If there are enough of us who know ahead of time that we want to meet, we might plan a time and place to go stand around and look for each other. We still have a few more weeks to plan. ;)</p>

<p>(Hey! I know! Y'all can come help me deep-clean my son's hall kitchen in EC again! Heh heh.)</p>

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<p>I'm in. But I don't do kitchens. At least I don't do them well I am told. This is going to be fun.</p>

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<p>I don't know about deep cleaning the kitchen - that might be a good IAP course for some of the students. :-)</p>

<p>Putting an ID on the name tag sounds like a good idea though. I wonder if I will have any time to see my daughter while I am there.</p>

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<p>mootmom- thanks for the suggestion about registering early!! Some of the activities are already sold out!!</p>

<p>Please count me in for getting together.</p>

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<p>I want to come, but I have a work conflict. Mootmom, I hope you'll send me photos so I can pretend I was there.</p>

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<p>I'm not a parent, but I'd still love to get together with all of you. :)</p>

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<p>Great idea Mollie! Let's make it happen. What times work for you and we'll go from there?</p>

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<p>Looks like most hotels are already full. We had to book out of town near the subway line. Beware.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the update on that. I'm booking the room tonight (crossing my fingers).</p>

<p>And mollieb - I'd love to meet you during Parent's Weekend. You are a wealth of information for us parents not to mention our children.</p>

<p>I'm looking forward to it.</p>