<p>Personally, as a student, I came wihtout any parent to CPW, and was extremely glad of that fact. I didn't think that I could balance the necessary "having a parent in town" things while I was attempting to understand the college, but some of my friends whose parents came didn't mind too much. I personally would have most likely not have chosen MIT, and thusly not have been happy at a lesser school, had my mother accompagnied me to CPW.</p>
<p>I personally didn't understand the parents part of CPW; the whole idea seemed to me to be a time in which the student can experience what their life at MIT would be like. Although some parents seem to be extremely interested in coming to CPW, the experience was really meant for the students. My mom came for the parents' visiting weekend this year and disliked the school-sponsored activities planned for them (which I assume were along a similar vein to those at CPW, in some respects,) and ended up ditching the rest of the parents' itinerary.</p>