<p>My D hasnt received a package yet…can I ask what everyones stats are like.
Thanks</p>
<p>My son attended the first scholarship weekend last year, and he is now attending High Point. </p>
<p>From the people he knows who received the scholarships, they seem to be based predominantly on your stats. People who had similar stats, received the same amount.</p>
<p>The weekend is very well done and very informative. We took the time to talk to some students who were attending the school, and found their input very informative. It is the right fit for my son, and he is really enjoying attending school there.</p>
<p>blmom14, I’m a college student and here is my two cents. </p>
<p>Siena and High Point are two very similar schools. First off, I live about 10 minutes from Siena, it is a nice campus with a great business program. I like the school and would recommend it to anyone. I’m in my second year of college at a local community college and transferring to either High Point, Siena or Winthrop. I’ve been to High Point and have taken tours of the college 3 different times. I’ve checked out Winthrop once. </p>
<p>The prices of High Point and Siena are basically identical, if it weren’t for the fact that I want to get out of New York, Siena would be at the top of my list. High Point brings in students for the presidential weekends to let the school speak for itself. You won’t find a nicer college campus in the country. High Point has a competitive price tag compared to most private schools and that is why it is growing in popularity and reputation. I’m sure High Point offers scholarships that are par with most other private universities. Regardless of what anyone says High Point is a College and then a business. Nido Qubein, knows what he is doing, that is one of the reasons why High Point is on my list. I’m a business finance and sports management major. </p>
<p>Granted I’ll be a transfer student, I would love a 7-8k dollar scholarship. I’ve got a 3.6 GPA but I wasn’t able to get a clear answer from admissions on whether or not they offer scholarships to transfer students. Does anyone know?</p>
<p>Ok, now that we have our HPU Scholarship Weekend travel plans in place, it is time to select an “Early Registration” Weekend and make logistical/travel plans for that weekend also. For those of you who have a prospective student looking to reserve a spot at the Early Registration weekend of your choice, Early Registration sign up is now available when students log on to the High Point University Web site. Do you think HPU would consider chartering a plane for all of us traveling to High Point from the North East? 
Now that would be an EXTRAORDINARY Experience, in a fun environment! (Does anyone know, from past experience, how fast the two Early Registration Weekends that are offered in the Spring fill up?) (Not sure, should I have posted this note here or should I have started a new thread entitled “High Point University Early Registration”.- I am still trying to learn the appropriate way to use these forums.)</p>
<p>My daughter is a Freshman at High Point. We did not attend an early registration. After attending the scholarship weekend, we did not want to spend the money on another trip from Mass. I called and asked about these weekends and they told me not to worry that many students register during orientation. This is what my daughter did and had no problem getting classes.</p>
<p>BFRAZ- thanks for insight into early registration. I agree, these trips back and forth do get expensive, not to mention that they involve a Friday, which necessitates another day off from work and taking child out of school. I am kind of thinking that it would be nice to go down for a weekend in late spring/early summer to scope out services around town such as banking and the like. However I guess now-a-days all you need to do is arm your child with a debit card and their banking needs will be complete. If you have any additional information that you can share about the do’s and don’t’s of preparing a student for the fall freshman semester at High Point we would love to hear more from you. I dont think that the month long summer session at High Point will be in my sons plans, as he has plans to be in a summer job, that if all goes the way it should, will be something that he can do each of the next 3 or 4 summers.</p>
<p>We are lucky that we live only an hour and a half away from campus. Now that my son is attending High Point, I wonder how families arrange/pay for all the trips back home for breaks. It is certainly convenient that my son loads his car and drives home.</p>
<p>Regarding early registration, we found classes (particularly the more popular classes and times) did fill up. My son was glad he attended an early registration session.</p>
<p>My daughter is a freshman at High Point. She attended both the Presidential Scholarship weekend and Early Registration. I think she was happy she went to both, but I agree that the travel costs do add up from the Northeast. (In fact she had also visited twice before she even applied - once for the formal tour with me and then again to do a one last look at her two top schools with dad.) I believe they also had an early registration at the end of June, too, so that’s probably a good time to go and scope out all of the services around town, although there’s plenty of time at move-in to do that. All we really wanted to know in advance was what bank ATM was on campus so cash withdrawal fees wouldn’t be charged! (And by the way, it’s Wachovia and BB&T.)</p>
<p>Is anyone else travelling to HPU for the Presidential Scholarship weekend this weekend and slightly concerned about the weather? I’m not worried about the weather in NC necessarily but we’re from the DC area and they’re predicting snow of 12"+ Sat. for DC and we’re wondering about the trip home. My son is less than pleased to even think about having to watch the Super Bowl with his mother in a hotel room (which is what I told him would happen if we can’t fly back into Baltimore on Sun.) Anyone else in the same boat?(or should I say, snowstorm?!?) :-)</p>
<p>Yes, we are from DC area and are in the same boat. I decided not to attend because even if we can safely drive down on Friday, there is no way to come home safely with a foot of snow anticipated. I hope HPU can reschedule the interview. I have asked.</p>
<p>MomK and Amazonmom: We hope all worked out well for you and your future High Point Student this weekend! Our son is scheduled to attend the scholarship weekend in two weeks. As we watched this weekend’s winter storm develop we were so thankful that we didn’t have to do the round trip drive from NJ. Now we just need to hope and pray that a simlar storm doesn’t pop up 13 days from now. If you did attend, any insight and logistical information that you can provide about the weekend would be greatly appreciated. Hope your travels were safe and the weekend went well for your student.</p>
<p>I am sitting in my house watching over 2 feet of snow accummulate. I don’t think anyone from this area made it down to HPU, but if they did, they won’t be coming home until Monday! Good luck to all the interviewees, and please let us know how it went.</p>
<p>Sitting here in our hotel room while everyone around me sleeps - early, long day!!</p>
<p>We survived the trip down from NY (eastern Long Island)!! My daughter was originally invited to go down the weekend of the 19th, but upon receiving the invitation we respectfully asked if she could be moved to this weekend since she is a starting varsity player and the 19th would be the team’s first single elimination playoff games. They agreed to move her to this weekend since we asked very early in the process, she had a legit reason, and as they said ‘we asked very respectfully’ - the weekends definitely seemed to be assigned geographically. Everyone else in our area who qualified is going the 19th and we encountered primarily people from the Maryland, Virginia, and NC areas. A few northerners thrown in here and there.</p>
<p>We swallowed hard and knew after having the rules bent in our favor we couldn’t call and cancel and expect any positive response from High Point. We loaded into the car and drove out of the driveway at 11:30pm Thursday night in order to beat the snow down. We arrived in the area at 8:30am on Friday - we were fine until hitting Rte 85 in Durham. Icy mix that sent many, many, many NCers who did not have a healthy fear of slush off the side of the road and into guard rails.</p>
<p>All but 55 arrived and attended. We ran into many from the Maryland, Virginia and DC area that made the trip. Who knows exactly what’s in store for the trip home though (us included since we’ll have to pass through all of those areas). Hopefully, the roads will be clearer when we leave tomorrow. Many booked another night in the hotel this morning and gave up the idea of driving today. I do know that passing through Loyola in Baltimore is scrapped!!</p>
<p>I’ll give some more info later - on our way out to dinner and a movie (younger daughter’s only request for the weekend after being dragged around today is seeing Dear John)</p>
<p>blmom14 : wow, glad to hear that you made it there. Driving through the night like that must have been a challange. Smart move to stay the extra night and start your ride home in the day light. Did your daughter enjoy the weekend? Was this her first time seeing the campus? We have been there previously, but only in good/warmer weather. We are looking forward to seeing the campus again in two weeks. Any information that you can share with regards to the logistics for the weekend and any tips regarding the best things for the parents to do while the students are at their interviews would be greatly appreciated. (Safe travels home!)</p>
<p>Please, please be careful driving through Virginia, DC, Maryland. In fact, wait until Tuesday, if possible unless you have 4 wheel drive or have 24 hours to get home. The highways may be passable, but barely and it is very dangerous on the roads here in DC. 2 feet of snow, metro above ground not working, lots of power outages. More snow predicted for Tuesday. I am sure there will be now school tomorrow, and being from New England originally, I will trek to work on foot and metro, assuming it is working. As annoying as all this is, my sister has been working in Haiti since the earthquake, sleeping in a tent, trying to provide medical care and distribute food when they can get it. I count my blessings every day. Be safe.</p>
<p>Rdy2sendhimaway - My son is now a freshman at high point and attended the scholarship weekend last year. The school has information sessions for the parents to attend while students are being interviewed. My son had two interviews last year. His times were spread out. I believe he had an 11 AM and a 2 PM. Some of his friends had them closer together, and they liked that better as they were done quickly. The weekend was very well done.</p>
<p>Nightmare trip back - pulled into the driveway at 11:00pm after leaving High Point area at 10:30. There was little or no visible snow until I95 in Virginia. Then all h*ll broke lose. I will never, ever again complain about my side road not being plowed the morning after a big snowstorm. We are definitely spoiled with the snow removal process here!! After our 30" snowstorm right before Christmas all (and that means side, side streets) were cleared down to the pavement within 12 hours.</p>
<p>I95 was inconsistently cleaned to say the least. In most places the only passable lanes were the rightmost and leftmost lanes. The middle lanes were bumpy, icy, and had about 3 inches of snow. Thank goodness we traveled during the bright sunlight hours so it was hard slush instead of rocky ice. The most dangerous part was that you would have clear sailing for miles and then suddenly hit unplowed areas. This caused one car to just about fly over a guardrail - luckily he landed on it instead. The interstate was bulging with speeding, agressive truck drivers trying to make up for the driving time they lost on Saturday. We seriously considered stopping and trying to find a hotel. But, with the condition of the roads we throught that it would be worse in the morning after getting a chance to refreeze - plus with more snow coming Tuesday …</p>
<p>Once we got to a few miles before the McHenry tunnel in Baltimore travel was easy and the roads were just about spotless. Once we were out of Maryland - the roads were completely dry.</p>
<p>The weekend was done very nicely. This was our first time visiting the school. It was raining Friday night - Saturday a little drizzle in the morning. Dinner was a buffet in the Millis Center. Upon entering they had name plates for the students and you were seated at round tables. Dinner was a buffet and then Nido Quebin spoke and there was some entertainment from current students and an outside act.</p>
<p>If you are driving onto the school grounds you will be directed to a parking area and they ran shuttle buses from that parking lot to the Millis center. There was plenty of parking available.</p>
<p>Leaving the dinner was a little congested and probably made worse by the rain.</p>
<p>Saturday morning started bright and early and the students had to be there by 7:30. We arrived around 7:15 things were moving pretty smoothly then, but we could see by 7:30 that things must have been very backed up with everyone arriving right on time. </p>
<p>Saturday morning - you drove through the main entrance, scholars were dropped off outside the Fine Arts building and then parents were directed to the shuttle area parking lot again. Scholars received their interview schedule and had a very small continental breakfast (my daughter said she only had grapes, couldn’t get out of here what else was available - so I would suggest if you are staying in a hotel that provides breakfast you might want to have them grab a box of cereal on the way out - could have just been nerves why my daughter ate so little). The students then listed to Nido and had a student panel question/answer session.</p>
<p>Meanwhile the parents were brought over to the Slane building where there was a hot buffet breakfast. Parents were given a folder with the child’s interview times, and a list of ‘activities’ for the day. The parents walked to the Fine Arts center to listen to Nido around 9:00. After that there were various ‘panels’ that parents/students could attend. There are 4 panels - and you could choose 2 to attend during the day - one before lunch and one after lunch. We attended the Academic Overview and the Student Life panels - both were interesting and informative. There was also an Intercollegiate Sports panel and one other that I can’t recall. There were also 2 tours of campus given - one at noon and then 1:00 pm. You could elect one of 3 types of tours - full tour, dorm tour, or new building tour. My husband and daughter took the full tour - it took over an hour (close to 90 minutes) so they missed the afternoon panel at 1:00 that myself and younger dd attended.</p>
<p>There were also small sessions regarding the Honors program -this conflicted with the Academic overview so we did not attend - and Financial Aid.</p>
<p>Lunch was again cafeteria style buffet - many, many, many items to choose from. You were either assigned to Slane or University Center for lunch (same items at both locations). I have to say between all of us we sampled a lot of the choices and the food was surprisingly good.</p>
<p>There was an afternoon reception in the University center with small desserts, and cheese/crackers, sodas, etc. At this event each department was present and available for questions - each department was assigned to a specific area/floor.</p>
<p>There were student ambassadors all over campus and they were friendly and very open when asked questions. Ask, it was probably our best source of information during the day. We encountered a wonderful girl who talked to us for more than 1/2 hour at the end of the day while we waited for our daughter’s last interview to be over.</p>
<p>The scholars will receive a few gifts throughout the weekend - I won’t ruin it for you. One thing ours did receive that I don’t know if the next group will - was HPU umbrellas on the way out of the dinner on Friday night since it was raining.</p>
<p>Dress -
for the most part everyone did adhere to the business professional attire indicated on the invitation. But, as always there were those who were woefully underdressed. It was a little more open to interpretation on Friday night, since it was a dinner vs. an interview.</p>
<p>Most boys had on suits, or sports jackets with ties. I saw a few boys on Saturday with button downs, ties, and pullover sweaters. They may have been a little underdressed compared to others for the interviews. Girls for the most part wore dress slacks, dresses, skirts, blouses, etc. I saw a few girls in business suits on Saturday and it looked a little overdone - if going that route I would say to choose a skirt and coordinating jacket vs. a full suit. Parents were dressed the same as the kids on Friday night. However, on Saturday it was a free-for-all. Some wore business professional, some wore business casual, some quite frankly looked like they were going pumpkin picking. The first 2 choices worked, definitely not the third. I would even say ‘neat’ jeans (dark rinse, pressed, etc.) with a shirt or sweater would have worked too - neat in general.</p>
<p>If you’re planning on wearing purple to keep in the spirit of the school - DON’T. It was totally overdone and looked a little pandering. I’m sure many thought they were being original and would stand out, but it had the opposite effect. It was more a matter of ‘look another purple shirt’. It looked especially silly on the adults and there were many adults with purple on.</p>
<p>Interviews - 2 on Saturday. My daughter had the unlucky circumstance of one at 10:30 and then the last of the day at 2:30. She had them in 2 different buildings. The first interview was given by 2 people, the second by 3 individuals - there would have been a fourth, but they left early since they were feeling ill. The interviews in my daughter’s case were very easy and conversational. She said she felt at ease and thought they went well. I don’t want to get specific about them since she’s competing against your child!! wink, wink.</p>
<p>We were impressed by the school, and everyone we encountered. We were impressed by Nido - great speaker and very entertaining. I loved the philosophy of the school. There were some things he said that kind of annoyed me, but on the whole he was believable. I’ll let you form your own opinions.</p>
<p>The facilities definitely can’t be beat!! My husband was a little put off by what he termed ‘Disneyland’. He said this when we took a drive through the school grounds on Firday morning when we first arrived. When we arrived for dinner he said ‘See, I told you. Just like Disney’. As we passed a friendly waving, umbrella holding student ambassador stationed every 20 feet on the drive to the parking area. He spent the entire day Saturday trying to get the educational information he was looking for getting into many conversations with students, and faculty, etc. I think he felt a little more comfortable by the end of the day Saturday. He winked at me, when we were talking to the friendly student at the end of the day about the meal plan. They have a new way of doing dining now - it includes what they call ‘Magic Meals’.</p>
<p>blmom14- I was there this weekend and I really didn’t notice a bunch of people wearing purple! I happened to wear an old purple sweater dress that I wear all the time but trust me, it wasn’t because purple is HPU’s color- it’s just what I had. My husband and son weren’t wearing purple either day. It’s funny what people’s perceptions are.</p>
<p>On a more serious note, I kind of get the Disneyland vibe also but in spite of this am thinking that HPU may be a good fit for my son. I wish I had a crystal ball and could anticipate what college would be like for him there and his other top choice. Oh well.</p>
<p>ncmomof2 - Sorry if I offended you. We noticed a lot of purple because we spent a lot of time sitting in the lobby of the Slane center on Saturday and saw lots of people passing by. We saw many entire families wearing purple - I couldn’t get my husband in a purple shirt if I offered to cut the lawn for him for an entire month!!! I realize that purple is a current fashion color and some wore it just for the love of the color, but it was a definite plan for many. </p>
<p>I see that you are from NC - can you tell me what the perception of High Point is in NC? It’s just gaining popularity here in NY. A lot of it being because of the amenities vs the education. Those who dig deeper realize the education is there, but the atmosphere is definitely what they mention most.</p>
<p>I just mentioned the Disney thing as that was my husband’s first impression. High Point is a definite and serious contender for my daughter’s education. I’d love to go to school at Disney!!! And they are very successful at what they do!!!</p>
<p>blmom14- I really can’t speak for all of NC but among my circle of friends when I mention HPU I get the impression that they think it’s a country club for rich kids. With so many fine NC public universities they don’t even look at the school. We are looking for a school that size so included it in our list of possibilities along with a couple of publics that either are small or very close to home. Of course, when people visit they get a better picture and I believe that as applications increase that should increase the academic caliber of students and it appears that as infrastructure is improved that attention is also being paid to faculty and programs. For us, we need to see the complete financial package to make a decision although our son really likes the public he is considering.<br>
What is your perception of the fraternity/ sorority involvement on campus? They seem to have a very strong presence- we are not looking for a party school.</p>