<p>Anyone else get the invite and travel grant for the Multicultural Celebration Weekend?</p>
<p>Invite-Yes. Travel Grant- No
If you have not seen campus, I recommend you take advantage of the free trip. Once you see it, it may well jump ahead of other top schools with greater name recognition. </p>
<p>That’s the plan. I got a travel grant for both the Spring Preview and the Multicultural Weekend. However, the weekend also includes food and lodging as well as airfare. Spring Preview only offered me airfare. I look forward to seeing the campus for the first time.</p>
<p>The thing that impressed us was how you can see they are pouring money back into the school. My wife attended an IVY and when we visited her Alma mater with our D, she said the dorm rooms looked exactly the same as they did in 1982-- and that was not a compliment. Likely WUSTL realizes their car decal does not have the same cache as many top 20 Universities so they try harder…and it shows. </p>
<p>If you decide to take a meal off campus, Blueberry Hill on the Delmar Loop is a fun place-- and you can check out the Hollywood Blvd-style St. Louis Walk of Fame while there. </p>
<p>Our son got the invite and travel grant but we decided to come along as we have not seen the campus either. So we are driving him. </p>
<p>I doubt I’ll be going off campus as I’m flying alone and wont have any means of transportation there. Unfortunately wont be able to get a feel for the city of St. Louis.</p>
<p>FLstudent2014- congrats on your acceptance! My son is a freshman at WUSTL- grew up in Orlando (I’m guessing you’re from Florida). The campus is awesome, and as a parent, I am very supportive of the school. Perhaps you will be able to make it to an admitted student reception in Florida- my wife and I are hosting one on March 30. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.</p>
<p>And BTW- if you like root beer, a visit to Fitz’s on Delmar is an absolute must!</p>
<p>Oh FLstudent2014 I might go, and I’ll be in the same boat as you as I will have to travel by myself (too bad they don’t pay for parents too haha jk). The offer of free food, airfare, and lodging is just too op. But if I go, I will have to skip high school, college, and sports. Hopefully, the absence won’t hurt me. I will need to talk to my counselor, professor, and coach about it. So are there going to be hundreds of people there? But we could get a group to visit off campus maybe?</p>
<p>Too bad its such a short period of time. Get there thursday afternoon and leave saturday morning. Would be a lot easier if it was Friday-Sunday. Leaving at that time in the year is also quite a pain for me with work, sports, and school. And I would assume there will be a lot of people. Not sure. Is it only minorities as it is “multicultural weekend”?</p>
<p>With such a short visit and free food on campus, I realize a trip off campus might not work out, but the Loop is walking distance- they might even take you there as a planned outing. I was also wondering if it was only for those who fit one of the multicultural clubs. My guess is Yes, since they could likely not accommodate the sheer numbers if they invited the entire accepted list.</p>
<p>Yes, only minorities are invited. I’ll be traveling by myself as well but I’m sure they’ll tell the host students to show us around the loop or something so we can still get out into the city.</p>
<p>^DancingK - there are plenty of white students who are invited and attend every year. It’s a small chunk, but no idea why you think it’s “minority only.”</p>
<p>Well it seems like Caucasians are invited based on the pictures they had unless those are just random shots of WashU in general?</p>
<p>Spring Preview covers flight tickets, transportation from and to airport, also food in campus. The only thing which not guaranteed is lodging (sleeping on dorm floor). You pay hotel bed instead of sleeping on dorm floor with your sleeping bag, and many hotels have free shuttle bus to WashU, it’s convenient. </p>
<p>WashU campus is beautiful and tobacco free. All the facilities are relatively new compared with IVYs. South 40 is like a resort, dorm is roomy and food is yummy. I think WashU is confident of its “good looking”, once you see it, you’ll fall in love with it. …a must see campus.</p>