<p>My D just signed up for Owl Days and downloaded the schedule. The day starts at 7:30 so I don’t see how they can fly in that morning. Our problem is that we live on the East coast and were hoping to send her by herself, but where will she stay on Wednesday night? I don’t think she can rent a hotel room by herself, and I’m not sure if I’d want her to.</p>
<p>What are other people considering?</p>
<p>We live in California, and we are going to fly to Houston with our son on the 6th so that he can stay in a motel that night with us. Then on the 7th, we will drop him off for the Owl Days until Friday late morning when we need to pick him up to head back home. We will enjoy the scheduled events for parents. Like you, I thought it would be nice for him to go alone, but I am anxious to see Rice for the first time!</p>
<p>flute1298 i have the same problem… im 17 so i doubt i can get a hotel room by myself.
and my parents arent sure if they can go.</p>
<p>i emailed the admissions office asking if they could host me for one extra night or if they could recommend hotels that allow you with parent permission to rent a room for one night.</p>
<p>Is Rice reimbursing anyone else’s flight?</p>
<p>@flute and sandrasccr – I’m also only 17 and confused as to what I should do if I want to go to Owl Days. We cannot afford to have both me and a parent go (2 plane tickets + motel = $$$$$), and the latest flights from CA to IAH land Wed evening at around midnight. Since I’m 17 I wouldn’t be able to get a motel, so if worse comes to worse I guess I will have to sleep at IAH… not really something I want to do, but I will sacrifice if it means I get to see Rice!!! 
Unfortunately I probably won’t be able to buy the ticket until next Wed after I hear back from Ivies (if I get into one of my Ivies I’m pretty sure I won’t attend Rice), I just hope I’ll be able to get a plane ticket in time! Let me know if you come up with any other solutions – sleeping in airports is not ideal but oh well :)</p>
<p>I’d really like to go but I have prom the day after the overnight visit… Priorities, you guys.</p>
<p>Where is the online sign-up for Owl Days? </p>
<p>All I see is a listing under “Campus Programs for Admitted Students” but no place to actually sign up.</p>
<p>My D said she received a second email (after the initial acceptance) with directions on how to log-on and register. She took care of it, so that’s all I know.</p>
<p>@flute, I’ll ask son to check for 2nd email, thanks.</p>
<p>If you are 17, be sure to let Rice know and they will try to accommodate you. We usually have a lot of people volunteering to host prospies, and thus you could stay an extra night.</p>
<p>The other option is to have your parents book a hotel for you and call ahead and explain the situation. The ones near Rice get a lot of Rice business, so they may be more understanding.</p>
<p>@french they are reimbursing my flight</p>
<p>@anatarius i tried emailing them and telling them that and they said no… i can try having my mom call but they said that they couldnt host people another night. i really dont get what they want us to do.</p>
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<p>Try this. It may work. </p>
<p>Rice really dropped the ball on this one with the late release of dates.</p>
<p>I don’t think the lateness of the notifications is the problem. </p>
<p>Even if we knew earlier, those of us on the East Coast can’t get there by 7:30 on Thursday morning unless we do an overnight in Houston on Wednesday…meaning that a parent must accompany the student, pay for a hotel for 2 nights, as well as twice the airfare and supershuttle. It suddenly becomes a very expensive venture.</p>
<p>IMHO, it would have been much easier if the day started at 11:00 and ran later on Friday.</p>
<p>You don’t actually have to be there by 7:30AM. That’s just when registration begins (when we put the table out for you to sign in). Theoretically, you could even come in late in the afternoon (and just meet your host then), but you’d miss classes, tours, and receptions by the dean, your prospective major’s presentation, etc.</p>
<p>We won’t turn you away if you’re late! Call admissions if you need more details.</p>
<p>ok so my mom just got off the phone with admissions and apparently they have had tons of calls like hers today. and so they are going to try and get housing on campus overnight on the 6th. she just needs permission from her superiors to make it happen.</p>
<p>I hope that works out! I’m so excited and I really want to attend Owl Days!! I just need somewhere to sleep. It doesn’t need to be fancy at all</p>
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<p>Awesome. I am glad they realized this. Should have never done away with Owl Weekend…</p>
<p>YES!!! That would be fantastic!</p>
<p>ok so i got hosting for the 6th… in order to get hosting you need to show proof that you are traveling on your own and that there is no overnight flight from where you live.</p>
<p>Okay awesome! Do we need to personally call the admissions office? When is the deadline to decide?</p>