<p>Are parents welcome at the previews events? When we spoke to a person at the previews telephone number, she indicated that the events were mainly for students, but the letter from the university says that parents are welcome. Don't want to infringe, but also would be interested in some of the sessions. Also will be arriving Friday. Where would you find information about locations for sessions? Thanks!!!</p>
<p>I went with my son last year. There was plenty for me to do. It seemed like most “prefrosh” brought a parent or two!</p>
<p>I went with my son last year, too. Liked it. But I later also went to OA day /move-in day and Parents weekend. That was a lot of travel coast to coast in 6 months. You can plan and pick 1 or 2 or 3 to go.</p>
<p>You can find the list of activities at princeton.edu/admitted. Your child will have to log-in and there is a link to the Princeton Preview with a schedule of events.</p>
<p>My parents decided against attending with me due to cost (they’re waiting until Parents weekend), but I’m sure it’s a great way for parents to geet a preview themselves of what Princeton has to offer.</p>
<p>I am assuming the panel discussions and engineering open houses are ok to attend? Assume also that we should steer clear of the eating club open houses?</p>
<p>I think the school is trying to “demystify” the eating clubs by offering these tours. Parents are definitely welcome and encouraged to attend. My son and I toured Charter last year. It wasn’t the most exciting tour, but it the students running the program were mature and tried to answer our questions honestly.</p>
<p>I would love to attend the preview but s would prefer to be independent of good ol’ mom. High cost of travel another factor, admittedly.
Thread parents, thanks for your insights! Parents who are attending the preview, it would be great if you could post some of your impressions from the parents’ point of view, what you found out, etc. Might be handy for those of us “left behind.”
Thanks and maybe will see you later this year!</p>
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<p>sailor, if you don’t mind, I am a little curious as to why you would want to avoid the Eating Club open houses?</p>
<p>As a student, I think it’s fine if the parents attend but they shouldn’t be spending much time with their child… Your kid won’t get a good sense of Princeton if you’re eating meals with them and going to events with them. But having the parent go to some open houses / panels while the kid goes to classes and social events would be okay.</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s really much reason to “hang” with the parents at Princeton Preview unless the student wants to. I went with my son last week. As soon as he checked in he took off to attend a class. I met up with another parent and we spent the weekend together going to parent events, and were joined by other parents on and off. That was nice for me!</p>
<p>My son was on his own the first day until meeting his host in the late afternoon. I know some students met other students at check-in and went to classes together. Then he was off with the host and the other student staying in the same room. Host did a great job giving a tour of P’ton and answering his questions. </p>
<p>I never saw my son after dropping him off on day 1. I saw him for a library tour on day 2 because we happened to be in the same place (yes, I did text him with what I was doing, but did not tell him he had to meet with me). Then I didn’t see him again until the breakfast on Sat.</p>
<p>Students are given a card that allows them to eat in any dining hall in any of the colleges. I suggest you try out several different ones. My son says he liked Whitman the best. I wish the parents had been offered the chance to eat in a dining hall at least once. Maybe we could have just walked in and paid, but since they didn’t tell us that was an option I didn’t do that. </p>
<p>The parents are invited to tour some of the eating clubs. I enjoyed it. The ones I saw are all very different. Most are very nice. I got to sit down with one of the officers at one of the sign-in clubs and she told us a lot about the eating clubs and answered questions. I liked getting to know more about the clubs and how they work so if my son decides to join one I have an idea of what they are like. </p>
<p>Go and explore, take classes and most of all ask lots of questions.</p>