<p>Fellow NU parents ...
Is it just me, or is all the communication from NU to incoming freshmen / parents of incoming freshmen incredibly wordy? </p>
<p>I find myself reading it and thinking, "Just bullet-point the 5 things my student and / or I need to do in the next X days." </p>
<p>I don't need yet another breathy paragraph about how excited they are to see the students, and how great of a class this is, and we know you have a lot of questions and we're happy to help you and so make sure to read everything on this page because we'll try our very best to answer all your questions but if you don't, please feel free to contact us because we are so very excited to welcome you all to Evanston in the fall and don't forget, you're a great class! Honestly, as an alum, I've thought about contacting them and asking them to scale it down and get to the point. Am I alone in this?</p>
<p>I think this is a new approach for NU. When my son was a freshman there was very little communication. It may reflect the changes in the Student Affairs office.</p>
<p>I know it’s a little wordy and sometimes the information is redundant, but I appreciate the fact that they are trying to communicate with parents. My son, who prefers to handle college related issues on his own, does not forward the necessary information to me at times, but with this email communication, I can ensure that I won’t miss on any important issues.</p>
<p>About being “overly” nice, I believe it’s their way of making incoming new students feel welcomed and safe. It IS a communication for the incoming NEW students to Evanston who may be very nervous about starting a new life alone in a strange place. I think the wordings may change anyway as the time progresses…</p>
<p>The monthly emails sent to parents by Student Affairs/Burgie Howard are helpful - and they are pretty short and sweet. Just a list of relevant info - when dorms are closing/opening for vacations, how to waive health insurance, storage options for the summer, etc.</p>
<p>I agree with appreciating the emails last year as a parent of a NU member of class of 2014. Some of the info I did not necessarily need (I always read the website closely) but other items provided great info and/or reminders. I would rather have the school err on the side of too much communication rather than not enough.</p>