<p>I also think the fact that the trips AREN’T required, yet so many kids choose to go us pretty fantastic.</p>
<p>Nip iss ing Univeristy in North Bay, Ontario is VERY student orrientated. You can go on tours whenever you like pretty much (there are some restriction) except residence tours during Exam period.</p>
<p>Connecticut College has one, and I think Bucknell.</p>
<p>I’ll also note that the schools that don’t have such things, do have intense orientations. And in addition to orientation, some colleges offer the local alumni gatherings for freshman send-off.</p>
<p>I am thinking that for some kids, including mine, that an intense session of meeting new classmates, prior to landing on campus, would be a really really good thing and I wanted to be sure that some of his schools have this as an option. I think it’s about half of the schools on his list.</p>
<p>Northwestern University offers 4 pre-orientation programs.</p>