<p>We will be attending Admitted Candidates' weekend, but I was wondering if there is an opportunity for students to spend a night in the dorms with current students? I don't see that option on their website. Thanks.</p>
<p>There should be that option if you ask them. If not, simply find a student that you know that goes there and ask them if they’re open to the idea.</p>
<p>I believe that there is a policy about not allowing any overnight guests. A friend wanted to stay with a current student, and she was not allowed. I would check with admissions to see if they have a special program.</p>
<p>regarding"I believe that there is a policy about not allowing any overnight guests."</p>
<p>If there is such a policy , it is not enforced.I believe there is an in room curfew (2:30 am)for opposite sex guest, but dont see how that in enforceable unless you are blatant about it.
I always hear about friends or siblings visiting campus and staying overnight in dorms.</p>
<p>This is a university , not a boarding school.</p>
<p>Yea… she’s my cousin… that’s it</p>
<p>I spent the night in a dorm during EA Candidates Weekend. its technically not allowed, but if you stay with a friend like I did, it is a great way to experience dorm life for a night =)</p>
<p>Multi cultural is hosting a program for overnight dorm visit on candidates weekend. Maybe other groups are organizing stays. Call admissions to check.</p>
<p>What are the restrictions with overnight guests? Can guys have girls stay overnight?</p>
<p>Guys and girls don’t mingle in freshman dorms. Opposite sex has to be out by midnight on weekdays and 2am on weekends. This wasn’t a problem in St. Mary’s (no guard on duty) and not a problem in most of the Freshman dorms.</p>
<p>Stanford is shaped like a Y. There’s no rooms in the basement. The first floor has stairs right behind the guard desk. 2nd and 3rd were male, 4th and 5th were female. Therefore, if you were a guy & showed your wildcard (university ID) to the guard and went up the stairs, they didn’t stalk you to see if you had actually gone to a male floor.</p>
<p>Now, the catch might be the fact that you have to show a wildcard. Even with the scenario I described earlier, a guest without a wildcard would be expected to sign in, and overnight non-resident guests are supposed to be registered with the university (I don’t think they really try to restrict it, but they may not allow guys to host girls).</p>
<p>If you’re on west campus, there isn’t any public safety guard on duty at a desk near your entrance. Whether that’s St. Mary’s (sophomores/Juniors/a few seniors) or any of the apartments (a few sophomores/juniors/a few seniors), there aren’t public safety guards on desk duty (they patrol for safety, but they don’t enforce sign in). The apartments all have desks near the entrances with RAs on duty Friday & Saturday, but they don’t enforce sign in either.</p>
<p>SHORT VERSION: I’m not sure, you’d have to ask the university. In many scenarios, if it’s a Sophomore/Junior having the guest, you could probably get away with it.</p>
<p>I did an overnight stay during the past candidates weekend through the school of business. I was told that although there is a rule of no overnight stays of the opposite gender ,and that they have to be out by 2 30, it was not strictly enforced. They also said that most of the R.A.s are great, as long as you don’t cause them trouble.</p>
<p>Here’s what living in a dorm is like: Invite your friends to your house for a sleepover party and make everyone hang out in your bedroom closet. Have Ramen noodles. Stay up all night and listen to music while watching both tv and playing a video game. Have somone play a guitar at the same time.
You don’t need to sleep in a dorm to see what that’s like. Aren’t there plenty of internet videos to look at?
If you just walk through a dorm and glance in the rooms you can get an idea of what its like to be there. It’s not as fun and wild as everyone makes it out to be.
I would request to sit in on a class. That would give you a better idea of what college is like.</p>