<p>We came back from vacation to a whole schedule of events for parents for Sat-Sun -- what gives? Do most parents stick around that long? I'm a little surprised that the university would so assume that that it wouldn't even send out a schedule until mid-August. (And I had even called and asked at the beginning of the summer, when I noticed a couple of parents talking about week-end hotel reservations.) I can't go, but I assume my husband is planning to drop dd off, take her to lunch, and depart -- as we've done for our older kids. (I guess there is some humor in the last event late Sunday being entitled "Letting Go.")</p>
<p>What you describe is exactly what happened when my father dropped me off at Enormous U. on the last day of late registration a hundred years ago. I wouldn't wish that on anyone's child. What Tulane does may be the opposite extreme, but it's certainly preferable, and yes, we plan to be there the entire weekend.</p>
<p>geena - Not sure why you were unaware of the schedule. I have been aware of it, perhaps mostly through the website (can't remember what we'd received about it earlier via mail/email) for months. Sorry that it has taken you by surprise.</p>
<p>For future reference, there is a part of Tulane's website geared toward parents, where this and a wealth of other information is available:<a href="http://www2.tulane.edu/parents.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www2.tulane.edu/parents.cfm</a></p>
<p>geena - Not sure why you were unaware of the schedule. I have been aware of it, perhaps mostly through the website (can't remember what we'd received about it earlier via mail/email) for months. Sorry that it has taken you by surprise.</p>
<p>For future reference, there is a part of Tulane's website geared toward parents, where this and a wealth of other information is available:<a href="http://www2.tulane.edu/parents.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www2.tulane.edu/parents.cfm</a></p>
<p>I would venture to say that a majority (?), certainly a large number, of colleges and universities have programs for parents at move-in/orientation time.</p>
<p>The CD we got in the beginning of summer, as well as info at honors weekend, and several letters etc. have mentioned orientation weekend. If it is important for you to be back I'd assume the Sunday events could go on without you. The Saturday ones look more important.</p>
<p>Thanks jmmom. I'm not sure I'd ever located that particular link online. I must have just been out to lunch on the orientation info -- I have to admit that the way info from Tulane dribbles in is very disorienting (no pun intended) -- there are probably 5-8 things in last week's pile of mail -- in contrast to the other 2 schools where we have kids, where it all came at once in one huge paper package early in the summer. Or I may have just reached my limit in my ability to mentally accomodate info from colleges! At any rate, we looked it all over tonight and dd noted that most of the programming seems designed to divert parents away from their kids, which she considers a highly acceptable approach.</p>
<p>geena- my D said the very same thing yesterday as yet another piece of mail arrived. She said why don't they just mail everything all together in one big envelope like all her friends have gotten from their schools.</p>