NU Wildcat Days 2013

<p>When I got accepted, the congratulations letter said something about Wildcat Days, the admitted student visits, but it didn't explain how to schedule them. I've been scouring the internet lately and I can't find anything about the Wildcat Days there either. Do you guys know anything about them, and how I can schedule one? I really want to tour the school before I send in my deposit. Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>try this link:</p>

<p>[Wildcat</a> Days: Office of Undergraduate Admission - Northwestern University](<a href=“Visit With Us: Admitted Students - Northwestern University”>Visit With Us: Admitted Students - Northwestern University)</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>It’s definitely worth going to Wildcat Days - our whole family fell in love with NU that weekend. I didn’t think my daughter would be able to wipe the smile off her face.</p>

<p>Thanks for the link Neenie !
I couldn’t find this using Google. the only thing that came up was Wildcat Welcome for Move-in day</p>

<p>^ Same. That’s why I started this thread.</p>

<p>FWIW, I had the same problem. Spent almost a half-hour googling stuff like “admitted students day”, “NU preview”. etc. Good to have CC around!</p>

<p>On a somewhat related not, does anybody know if NU has an outdoor track? Or do students just use the one in the indoor athletic complex?</p>

<p>I need to do a track workout for before the Wildcat Day that I’m going to, and I was just wondering where I could run.</p>

<p>@thatrunnerkid - I don’t know if there’s an outdoor track, but D runs on the pathway along the lake as well as the indoor track in the big gym (which has a name that I can’t currently remember).</p>

<p>If anyone has been to Wildcat Days, any tips on things to be sure to see/do during the visit? S has been on campus but we’ve never attended Wildcat Days and will welcome any tips.</p>

<p>Yeah, if you need to do running stuff, there’s a pretty decently straight part of the lakefill path that’s good for track sprints, or there’s the indoor track at SPAC at the north end of campus.</p>

<p>Honestly, you’re pretty well set for things to do–Wildcat Days sounds like it’s pretty highly structured. Go grab some food in Evanston, really. Or hang out on campus for a bit and let your kid bother current students with questions, most of us don’t bite.</p>

<p>Not too far away is the Lakefront Trail that runs down most of Chicago by, you guessed it, the lake. I’m planning on biking to church down the LFT. Always a nice change of pace instead of just running around NU. Plus it’s well lit, and very safe from what I’ve heard.</p>

<p>Has anyone returned from the first Wildcat Days session yet? If so, how was it?</p>

<p>We just got back from the first Wildcat Days session! It was FANTASTIC! My D was blown away. We arrived Friday night, so had the weekend before the event. We went to the Admissions Office Saturday morning and got some ideas of things to do. My daughter wanted to go on a tour, so we joined one with a student who was in her major. I wasn’t thrilled at the idea of a tour, because I thought I had retired from tours once D submitted all her apps. But the young man giving the tour was informative and since most of the students in the group were admitted students in the same major, he answered a lot of specific questions that were helpful. After the tour my D wanted to go through all the science buildings, which was really interesting. She looked at labs and the facilities and postings about the projects going on. We also went into the beautiful Deering library, which isn’t included on tours - well worth a visit. Apparently the aquatics center is suggested stop, but we didn’t make it over there. We did go to the walking path on Lake Michigan - GORGEOUS! And we visited a beach just south of campus. An alum got my daughter connected with a student, and she was able to spend some time in a dorm. That’s all there was time for before the Wildcat Days stuff began. I didn’t go to the morning sessions, but there’s another tour and specific college talks. My D was incredibly impressed by her talk. I kept getting texts about different things she liked. The main reason for a parent to be there is the afternoon sessions. If a parent wanted to talk to fin aid, they should make morning appts. My D wanted to attend certain sessions, and asked me to attend her second choice sessions, so that between us she could cover them all. She attended the Prehealth and ISP sessions, at the same time,I attended the Brady Scholars, and Career Services sessions. Boy, the two students who lead the Brady Scholar sessions are really remarkable people. Any students who are majoring in Weinberg should check out the Brady Scholars program session. WOW. </p>

<p>One thing that my D said, was that all the admitted students she talked with were considering NU as a first choice. Something she didn’t see at some previous admitted student events at other schools. </p>

<p>All in all, very worthwhile visit to Wildcat Days.</p>

<p>Thank you so much for your suggestions! I just switched our FA session to the morning per your suggestion, and we will certainly look for the Brady Scholars session.</p>

<p>How did your D find NU’s lab facilities and research projects compared to other schools she toured? S is also an ISP admit so perhaps our kids will be classmates!</p>

<p>Also - could she have seen all of the relevant science facilities if she’d only been able to tour on Monday?</p>

<p>There’s a big break time between 12 -2:15 for free exploration. It would depend on how long your S wanted to look at the science facilities. There’s LOT to look at. For us since we took all of Saturday afternoon, we were pretty leisurely. D wanted to see every single science building and floor that was accessible, so that’s what we did. If we had less time… we would have had to plan. We couldn’t have seen nearly as much. There are a LOT of science buildings, depts, labs.
If there were some specific depts your son wanted to see, then you could plan ahead, and just go to those buildings. The 12-2:15 time period includes lunch. The lunch time offers a chance to meet with current students in the same program, and my D found that to be very informative too. Probably your best bet is to arrive at the earliest possible check in time in the morning, maybe you would be able to squeeze in some extra free time before the college talk which starts at 10. You also might want time to buy tee shirts too.</p>

<p>It would be awesome if our kids would be classmates! NU is a contender for my D for sure. </p>

<p>I will answer separately, and a little later about the lab facilities and research.</p>

<p>Thanks! Were all the lab facilities your D wanted to see on the Evanston campus? I think only grad schools are on the Chicago campus but wasn’t sure if any undergrad research projects would ever happen nearer the med school in Chicago? We plan to spend Saturday in the city and so could swing by the med school if that was important for any reason.</p>

<p>D did think the labs and projects were exceptional. We only visited the Evanston campus, didn’t know that that there were downtown Chicago labs! I have no idea about where all research can be done.</p>

<p>Typically undergrad projects happen in Evanston.</p>

<p>Ok, thanks! I think most undergrad work is done on the Evanston campus, so I think we’ll focus on being Chicago tourists the day we’re in the city. </p>

<p>Can’t wait!</p>

<p>Here is a link that gives good info. on undergrad research at NU.</p>

<p>[Undergrad</a> Research Opportunities | Northwestern University](<a href=“http://undergradresearch.northwestern.edu/]Undergrad”>http://undergradresearch.northwestern.edu/)</p>