Parents at Accepted Student Days

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<p>I just got back from a Parents Luncheon for accepted students at my d's college.</p>

<p>The parents were such a nice group of people. Everyone was having such a good time chatting at lunch that they had to shoo us all out.</p>

<p>It was yet another sign that this school is a good fit for my daughter.</p>

<p>In your travels, have you found that the parents you encounter give you a feel for whether or not the school would be a good fit for your kid?</p>

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<p>Hmm, I thought you were going to bring up whether parents should go to accepted student days (I did not go to the only one D went to, she flew cross-country by herself). Which is also an interesting question :slight_smile: D2 is more shy, and might want me to tag along, but we are not there yet.</p>

<p>I have to say, I don’t recall ever talking to any other parents from D’s college. I do know her bf’s mom (have not met his dad). But roommate’s parents were gone when I dropped D off freshman year. And I met D off campus when I picked her up last year (the only other time I have been to campus when parents might be there). So… I have no idea.</p>

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<p>fendrock: we had dinner with some parents at my daughter’s accepted student day; it enforced the decision that she made the right choice…</p>

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<p>Great parents at DD’s school. We love them, they love us…</p>

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<p>I met great parents at DS’s school. Also they had the parent group come to the Admitted Students Day and Parents Orientation and mingle. That was really great too.</p>

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<p>Our son wasn’t able to attend Accepted Student Weekend and his suite-mates all arrived at different times so we first met all their parents Freshman Parents’ Weekend. He lived with the same three friends (adding one a little later) all four years and we parents became good friends. We sat together at special events, often went out to dinners as one big group and shared photos afterwards. (Four of us even attended a grad level math class together on Junior Parents’ Weekend. :eek:) Meeting all the wonderful parents was an unexpected benefit of our son’s college years.</p>