<p>A question for all you experienced Elon parents:</p>
<p>My D is attending the mid-March orientation for the ED students. I know she and I will attend separate sessions on various topics, but someone told me that the kids would actually be working with counselors to choose their academic classes for fall. Is this true?</p>
<p>My recollection from last year - the kids are placed in small groups and go over how and when they register and what classes freshmen should take. They don’t actually choose classes in a binding way - that was done on- line in April. </p>
<p>In April, each student listed 10 possible classes in preference order - from which they would get 4 plus Elon 101. The on- line thing was 6-7 pages long, with various questions about AP classes taken, interests for possible major, goal seting, etc.</p>
<p>Just to add to that- if your child is taking AP exams and will not have the results in time for registration- rest assured that Elon will contact your child by email to make any necessary adjustments due to getting additional AP results.</p>
<p>Yes, that’s right. They listed what AP classes they had senior year and were directed to email their academic advisor in July after AP scores were available to make any necessary changes. Be sure to request an AP score report be sent to Elon. If you request it when you fill in your AP answer sheet, it is sent for free. If you wait and request it in July, there was an additional $15 charge.</p>
<p>So my kiddo and I are heading Burlington way tomorrow night for the March orientation weekend. Anyone who has been through it care to share what will happen? I am planning to dress quite casually, so hope that is gonna be OK!</p>
<p>Didn’t do spring registration- so can’t advise. But have fun! Hope you have pleasant weather. Elon generally runs everything very well so just enjoy.</p>
<p>We were not at that weekend either, but it looks like you are going to have nice weather, so enjoy.</p>
<p>make plans with other families for dinner if you can. i know my son met some really great kids and we met some nice parents.</p>
<p>just sit back and enjoy and dont get too overwhelmed with the information. you can find everything on the website and you can call anytime after the weekend to ask questions.</p>
<p>as for classes and how to sign up, i remember panicking that since they didn’t do the sign up workshop at fellows weekend, my S wouldn’t know what to do. In typical Elon fashion, once S logged on to the site, it walked you through step by step.</p>
<p>If anyone attended March orientation would love to hear feedback! Was it very informative? Pros and cons?
Thanks.</p>
<p>We attended the March orientation last weekend. We were thoroughly impressed, and are more excited about Elon than ever. We found it very informative. We attended sessions on Study Abroad, Service Learning and Internships as well as the general sessions (there were also sessions on leadership and students with disabilites, but there was only time to attend 3). The students were very impressive, and the opportunities and support at Elon are very exciting. I feel very informed now about how things work at Elon and am very glad that we made the 11 hour trip out there.</p>
<p>They split up students and parents at times, which gave the students a chance to start making friends. Our daughter just wanted us to leave her there. It was nice to get a chance to eat in the dining halls and to have a chance to see the dorm choices; they had students who were willing to open up their rooms which gave us a great feel for the options available.</p>
<p>They did a beautiful job organizing the 1000 people that were there. There was plenty to keep us busy. Dorm tours were a little congested, but still very good for the number of people they were accommodating.</p>
<p>We stayed at the Best Western (per recommendations on CC) and there were lots of other Elon families there. On Friday night there were 15-20 students who hung out in the lobby and really got to know each other. Our daugther made lots of new friends and even found girls who want to get a suite together. Several of them stayed Saturday night as well and from what I understand had a great time; if we hadn’t had such a long drive we would have done that too.</p>
<p>We came back feeling very comfortable with everything, and our daughter simply can’t wait to go back to start her college career. I highly recommend going in April if you can make it work.</p>
<p>We also attended the Spring Orientation this past weekend and I agree with Supruwoman. They did an excellent job and we now feel better informed. My D couldn’t be more excited! We too wen to as many sessions as we could (at times I felt like we were at Elon Bootcamp - but it was worth it!)…</p>
<p>A couple of things really stood out for me. First, they have a such wide variety of study abroad options - long and short. Second, I love the engaged learning model - it is like have an internship integrated into each class. Third, I love Elon 101. They really do a good job at helping kids transition socially and academically to college.</p>
<p>We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express this time and it was great! You can beat the facilities or the price - I would recommend it.</p>
<p>Chiming in here to say that, for my D and me, March orientation was a success. momofboston, we, too, stayed at the Holiday Inn Express (paying the special Elon price) and it was convenient, clean and (mostly) quiet. </p>
<p>The on campus activities both days were useful and well organized, though I admit that by the time we attended the last academic info session on Friday afternoon, I was dragging a bit. But the “How to survive or not survive in college” talk given to parents was really good, even for me, who has already sent one kid through college and graduation from college. :)</p>
<p>My daughter especially enjoyed meeting some of the other prospective students and seeing the dorms.</p>