<p>Let me know if you have any questions.</p>
<p>Sure, – What did you learn that you didn’t already know?</p>
<p>What did they cover in the honor’s dorm evening session?</p>
<p>Did you son register for class?</p>
<p>I don’t think I learned much that I didn’t already know, other than learning my way around campus pretty well. It was nice to meet some other families, and there was some decent advice on letting go, but still staying involved and keeping an eye on things. We did learn to some extent who to contact for what.</p>
<p>Even though my kid is generally quite shy, he made some friends the first night, and I barely saw him, which I was glad of (for his sake). </p>
<p>In the honors session, we toured the 2 styles of rooms available to freshmen in the honors dorm. Then we had a session where the kids all introduced themselves, and the new interim dean introduced herself, and they talked a bit about the resources available to the honors kids, some stuff about course registration, etc. We split into kids/parents sections, and the kids I think got their assignment for the summer reading book (as well as a copy of it) and did some getting to know one another activities. Parents had an opportunity to ask any questions they might have, to an honors college administrator as well as 2 honors students. The kids had pizza and there was also pizza available for the family members staying in the dorms. I decided to get a cheap hotel instead of staying in the dorms, so I went out to the Skinny Pancake on the waterfront, which was really nice (and inexpensive). </p>
<p>Yes, my son registered for classes. That is the main point of the final day of orientation. He will have to make some changes when his AP results come in. (For example, as an engineer, they wanted him to remain in the section of chemistry they had pre-blocked him into until his AP result is available, because it’s important to get that done first year, and the class fills up, so they keep all the kids in it until they are sure they have the AP credit.)</p>