<p>So, we were there to drop off D in August. Had a great time despite Irene. But the flight, hotel, dog sitter really adds up when travelling across country. What is your opinion on this -is it a don't miss event or will it be reiteration of orientation day/ move in day/ college visit. (Three trips to nyc in the last 10day months)</p>
<p>I don’t think that family weekend is a huge deal at Fordham. We can drive to Fordham easily and the first year we took our son out for dinner one night over parent’s weekend but didn’t do the activities (in all honesty, I don’t think he wanted us around all weekend). As I remember, it was more social (football game, getting tix to a show, having breakfast on campus) than informational. I would talk to your D–if she doesn’t feel an overwhelming urge to see you, it is fine to skip it. There’s a good chance that she would prefer to be with her new friends.</p>
<p>Well my D communicates via text often and calls on Sat because we make her. She loves it there and is very involved. Originally she told us that if she “didn’t have anything going on” she wanted us to come so that she wouldn’t be the only one without parents there. In fact she called this morning to let us know she passed her PT test for ROTC and “gets to” go to Fordham for 4 yrs. I think she will be fine but just want to make sure there is nothing to big I am going to miss.</p>
<p>That is great news about the ROTC test. I’m sure you are very proud of her. As long as your D is busy, I really don’t think you will miss anything by not coming in for parent’s weekend. I think when a student makes a decision to go to school far away from home, they can’t expect parents to visit all the time. As I said, we are close by and didn’t go to any of the school sponsored events. If you want, you can always send her a care package (food always seems welcome) or some money to eat out at Arthur Avenue with a friend that weekend. All the best to your D – hope she has a great four years at Fordham and gets to enjoy NYC.</p>
<p>As a freshman at Fordham, I have to agree with happy1. I’ve already been invited to eat dinner with my friends family, so I’m sure she will also have friends whose parents do the same or don’t come. It’s also not really a big deal, just a football game for Rose Hill and theater tickets for Lincoln Center.</p>