<p>I really want to attend Owl Days since Rice is in my top three right now (assuming I get rejected from my Ivies).</p>
<p>However, my mother is concerned about the cost. I'm assuming there won't be any cost to actually go through the program right? That would still leave travel expenses, and my mother would have to pay for a hotel for a night wouldn't she? I'm not sure if she'd be willing to do that then, but I really think I need to go to Owl Days in order to make a decision.</p>
<p>I'm also not sure how I'll be able to miss two days of school, especially when that Saturday is my prom and I have to be home in time for that and will have to find the time to make up all my homework and stuff, but right now cost seems to be the main issue.</p>
<p>Your mom doesn’t need to go, if you can get there by yourself. I am sending my D from MA on her own, and she will be staying in the dorm.</p>
<p>Actually I think there is a cost to attend the program. It’s like $35 per student and $15 per parent. If missing 2 days of school is too much, maybe go to their “Admit Days” instead? Those are one day each and serve the same purpose, although I guess you might not get as comprehensive a view of Rice.</p>
<p>The program is over at noon on Friday, so you should be home in plenty of time for prom.</p>
<p>Unless they pay for a flight down I don’t think I’d be able to afford to go by myself (we would go by car otherwise, and we have gift cards for gas lol).</p>
<p>@808drum - Problem with Admit Days is that you don’t get to experience Rice quite as well. I really want to stay in a residential college for a night to get a feel for what it’s like at Rice, especially since Rice is in my top three. I need to be very comprehensive (like you said) when making my decision. haha</p>
<p>@nerd0403 - That’s good to hear, thanks!</p>
<p>Well, FallenAngel9, it looks like you have some decisions to make. 
My son couldn’t attend Owl Days, but was able to attend one of the admit days. Yes, it wasn’t his first choice. Like you, he wanted to spend the night on campus. It just couldn’t be worked out. He still loved the school and chose to attend.</p>
<p>If Rice is in your top 3, come here. Owl Days will give you an honest appraisal of what Rice is really like. It’s fantastic in its honesty and the job that it does.</p>
<p>You don’t have to come with a parent, but it certainly convinced my Mom that it was ok to let her son go to school 3000 miles away. She loved Owl Days more than I did.</p>
<p>@BrooklyninOh - That’s good to hear at least. =)</p>
<p>@Tilgaham - That’s also very good to hear! Thanks!</p>
<p>well, that also helped me decide to make the jump. It is a bit of a hassle to fly down to Houston from western Mass. but my son has fallen for the idea of rice so we better check it out. I am leery of sending my first born all the way to Houston for FOUR YEARS! Many people around here are saying, “why would you send him there?” I guess I better fly down to find out why.</p>
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<p>My family/friends say the same thing (from Boston). It’s just an exposure thing. I had traveled and lived all over the world but never been south of the mason-dixon line before O-Week.</p>
<p>Houston is a pretty nice city.</p>
<p>Ugh everyone who I tell that I am seriously considering Rice first goes “What’s Rice?” and if they don’t say that they say “Ew why would you want to go to Texas??” </p>
<p>Sigh…</p>
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<p>I always explain it as going to Houston, the fourth largest city in the country and not Texas. Yes, there are many Texan characteristics about Houston, but the city stands on its own. </p>
<p>Do I like Houston, yes.(Austin too) The rest of Texas, not so much.</p>