Orientation week

<p>It looks like Orientation week starts on Sunday, August 14. After getting D settled in to her room, is there any reason that we parents need to stick around? I want to get my hotel reservations made and was thinking of just getting a room for Sunday night and then leaving on Monday. Is that what most parents do? I can't imagine the students want us around for any longer than that.</p>

<p>You say good bye to your student after lunch Sunday and that’s it for the week. They have activities planned and parents are not invited to the student activities during O-week or the convocation Sunday night. They have some parent meetings Sunday afternoon but you don’t need to attend. We had been there before so left after the President’s meeting. You can leave Sunday. Here’s all the info you need.
[Rice</a> University O-Week: Welcome](<a href=“http://oweek.rice.edu/index.cfm]Rice”>http://oweek.rice.edu/index.cfm)</p>

<p>Yes. You will need to leave on Sunday as the advisers have stuff planned for the students from them on.</p>

<p>I came to Houston on Saturday with my mom and we checked out Houston for the first time. She stayed till Sunday evening and then went home.</p>

<p>When we dropped off our D we stayed until the end (5 pm or so on Sunday) so that we could fill out the evaluation and get our Rice-parent bumper sticker! They wouldn’t give us two (must be expensive stickers :slight_smile: !). As singersmom says, you lose your student at lunch time so the afternoon is parents only activities. We were driving so we set off and got a couple of hours under our belts before stopping for the night. We returned just a few week later for parent’s weekend ad spent a really nice couple of days with D (including sitting in on her classes). I recommend you set aside time for that weekend if you can it will help you see a happy, settled S/D and is really worthwhile.</p>

<p>Absolutely plan to go back for parent’s weekend if you can, and if you can get off, get there on Thursday so you can go to classes on Friday. It was a fun thing to do her freshman year when she was so far from home. That was the only year we could get there but it was the best one. Rice has one of the best Parent’s weekend we know of.</p>

<p>Thanks! We are driving in from Austin, so I think we’ll plan on driving back home sometime on Sunday. I tried finding info regarding parents’ weekend on the Rice web site, but couldn’t find it. Does anyone know when parents’ weekend is this fall?</p>

<p>Here’s your link. They call it Families weekend.
[Rice</a> University | Families Weekend - Home](<a href=“http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~events/famweek/]Rice”>Families Weekend | Rice University)</p>

<p>I’m flying in alone for O-Week. Is it going to be a problem if I don’t bring my parents, and do other students do the same?</p>

<p>I don’t think you’ll miss your parents. Once you are swept up by your o-week team first thing in the morning you’ll be kept busy.</p>

<p>I would recommend Hotel Zaza for a delightful treat - ask for rice parents discount (-$100. About $ 179). Wonderful boutique hotel next To rice!_</p>

<p>@janeyyet, I went alone too. It was a little awk because basically everyone else in my college had parents with them, but once they all left, no big deal.</p>

<p>The Zaza is super nice!</p>