<p>I just came back from the Laredo, TX session.
My experience will probably be different than most, though, since no more than 10 different students were in attendance. This allowed the Q&A session to be a little more informal, and there was ample opportunity to speak with the admissions officers (or the director of admissions) afterward.</p>
<p>I also attended the Exploring College Options (I’ll use ECO for short throughout my post) presentation back in September. Since I’m from a smaller city, I can only compare this presentation to ECO. </p>
<p>The format was identical: a short presentation on each college, general Q&A, and individual Q&A with each school.
In my opinion, though, this session was better than that of ECO. The presentations were more informative although, for example, the Harvard slides were the same as ECO. Maybe this can be attributed to only three schools attending as opposed to five. </p>
<p>The session as a whole emphasized minority opportunity and financial aid, probably because of the demographic makeup of the city. During the general Q&A, there were no pressing questions asked that would give new information to what’s already available here. </p>
<p>I did a CC search before the session and could not find more information on it, so if anyone has a more specific question, feel free to ask or PM me.</p>
<p>As for spending $60, it depends if you plan to apply to one of these schools and you have yet to hear a different presentation from the university. I’d recommend it if you are, but might hesitate if you aren’t. Nonetheless, I was not planning on applying to Princeton, and now I definitely am. You definitely do learn something new at every presentation.</p>