<p>to visit quite a few cities to tell prospective students about MIT. This would be a good chance for you to see a very interesting road show. </p>
<p>A more complete list of various college information sessions around the country can be found in another thread on the College Search & Selection Forum. </p>
<p>i'm planning on attending one of these
does anyone have any personal tips or recommendations? (taking notes, meeting the admissions reps, collecting info...)</p>
<p>Taking notes is a very good idea. Saying hello to the admission rep there is polite, but I didn't the first year I went to an MIT information session because I thought it was even more polite not to add to the crowd around her (Amy Perez) on behalf of a child in a lower grade at the time. The alumni representatives ("educational counselors," or "ECs" in MIT-speak) are very helpful to talk to, and I hope they go to these joint MIT et al. meetings just as they do to solely MIT information sessions. </p>
<p>Anyone who visits one of these sessions is strongly encouraged to post a visit report in this thread, and I welcome other suggestions about how to prepare for the information sessions.</p>
<p>These information sessions obviously serve as a great source of information - if you can't go to one on campus, and if you don't spend the time checking out the school web sites. The MIT web site is incredibly well-organized in particular. IMO, after touring fifteen or so schools over the past few years with my two older sons, the regional info sessions are less helpful and rarely more informative. "Face time" with the regional reps is also suggested as part of admissions "lore" but I agree with tokenadult that it can be impolite and embarassing to fight to the front of a crowd just for a few seconds of usually unproductive contact.</p>