<p>anyone doing the HOST overnight program in which you stay one night with a IUB student and you get a informal tour, ask questions about IUB and live and eat in the residence halls? I signed up for it already for Febuary 5-6 , 2006 if anyone knows about it can someone give input about program and provide more details? thanks whoever answers..</p>
<p>Sounds like a dangerous idea, lol.</p>
<p>finally! ive recieved my confirmation from IU regarding the host program and everythings all set up, gona be stayin at wright with a host student :) got my roundtrip airplane tickets ready and set to go... i really hope IUB is what im expecting it to be and not your average state school..... i am friggin nervous. when i come back ill provide input in this discussion board about my experience to help some of you guys make decisions on which schools to consider :) o yea happy new year haha</p>
<p>when are you going?</p>
<p>2/5 - 2/6 ( go their sunday morning, come back monday night)</p>
<p>S. is going with a friend who's also been admitted the last weekend in Jan. Friend's older sister is a recent graduate. She's setting them up with friends for an overnight, taking them to a fraternity party, etc....I'm already nervous...lol.</p>
<p>I don't blame you for being nervous, GBAMom. I guess this means you won't be excited if he gets into McNutt? ;-)</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm not too sure about McNutt, but everyone he's spoken to has talked up the N.W. neighborhood as a great place for freshmen. And this isn't necessarily coming from major party animals. The friend's sister taking them down is still very close to the half dozen or so friends she met in her N.W. dorm freshman year. My S. is a very social guy so I guess he'll be learning to apply discipline to his daily routine no matter where he lives. My own freshman dorm experience was such a letdown--so many anti-social kids--that it made for a tough transition. I think I'd rather he be around a fun, spirited bunch...within reason, of course!</p>
<p>My son is very social, too. Makes friends very easily, played football and was called up to varsity in both freshman and sophomore years, so he's comfortable being thrown into new situations with older kids. Is in a band and plays gigs all over the place. Did a lot of volunteer work. Even though he's considered popular, he talks to EVERYBODY, he doesn't like snobby kids who feel they're above talking to some people. A real nice kid with very good grades - but he needs to really study to earn them. I'm torn because of that. If he signs up for anything outside of NW neighborhood, I fear he'll feel like he's on the outside watching the fun all the other freshman are having. If I sign him up for NW and he gets into McNutt, I just don't think he'll be disciplined the whole year to fight the constant distractions. Broken furniture sounds a little too Animal House for me....lol.</p>
<p>One sure way of getting into N.W. and not McNutt is requesting the Fitness/Wellness LLC. That's in Briscoe because of the workout facility, quiet room, etc. A friend of mine has a frosh D. in that LLC and she loves it. I guess Briscoe is a bit further away than the other two dorms from central campus, but she had no complaints when I spoke to her. My S. also may bring his car and the student lot across the street would be handy.</p>
<p>My son is in SE, I believe, definitely not NW, and he certainly does not feel like he's on the outside looking in. He is close to the Music School, which is important to him. And he says there are plenty of parties and plenty of great kids in all neighborhoods. He has had no problem meeting people. There are always plenty of things going on, if that is what you want, but it is also just a bit quieter for studying. (not a LOT quieter, just a bit)</p>
<p>Or request the Sport and Society dorm :D</p>
<p>Sneaky, sneaky, Wolves. Doesn't the Sports/Society floor put our kids right back into McNutt-land? :eek:</p>
<p>It switches occasionally, but this year it is in McNutt.</p>
<p>Did you happen to find out anything more about the theme communities like Sports? S. can't decide if he wants to do that or just specify a general neighborhood.</p>
<p>I know that Sports is always in NW neighborhood, and Fitness is always in Briscoe. That's it though.</p>
<p>GBAMom and Susan - thank you both for your help. I feel better now. I've known so many kids who don't go back after the first semester or come home with bad grades, etc. - and they're all boys. Has me a bit worried. Can you tell this is my firstborn? :eek:</p>
<p>Same here, AimHigh. I've seen several boys come home with their tail between their legs..washed out after just a semester or freshman year. It is a bit unnerving, but looking at the immaturity of those kids, I'm not sure I would have sent them in the first place if I had been their parent. My S. is a first-born too so I know where you're coming from. My D. is a H.S. frosh and would be perfectly capable of handling college next year. Generally, girls just seem so much further ahead compared to boys at this age.</p>
<p>Guess I'm lucky--this is my second born. And he is more mature than his older brother, so I don't worry. Although he did say, over the break, that he wished he could go to school closer to home because he misses home and his friends... But he knows the music school there is one of the best in the country, and there is nothing like it in our state. So he is going back and planning to work hard and do well. I hope his friendships there will grow in depth, so he won't miss old friends quite so much. And I am glad for cell phones, so he can call his friends frequently without running up a huge phone bill. :)</p>
<p>Susan, my older one will be going through the same thing. He doesn't know anyone going to Indiana, at least not yet, and he's in a school with 4,600 students. Some of his friends are going to University of Iowa (which he also loved), but many are going out east. He's very sociable and a joiner, but I know he'll still look forward to connecting with his friends via cell and the computer.</p>