<p>Here's a fresh topic. For those of you already enrolled in BS, could you please give us a brief description of your revisit days when you were deciding which school to attend after having been accepted?</p>
<p>On the subject, revisits will probably be held between Wed. 3/28 - Friday, 3/30 and the entire week of April 2nd if the schedule is similar to what it was last year. Large schools like Exeter, Andover and Choate will hold multiple revisit dates. Medium to small schools should have at least 2 dates. If it is like last year, the majority of the revisit dates will be the week of April 2nd. Keep those dates open. Contract signing is due by April 10th. So parents, get your money ready!</p>
<p>For the accepted applicants, try to go to as many revisits as you can, especially those of you who were unable to visit the school.</p>
<p>Keep this in mind about revisit days. Even if only 1/2 of the accepted students show up, the campus will feel more crowded/full than normal with the number of revisiting students.</p>
<p>The schools may also schedule activities that may not be typical of a normal day just because of the revisit, as there will be quite a few current students busy with all of you accepted students.</p>
<p>My D did not get to go to revisit day at any of her schools because she was playing hockey at Nationals during revisit week. Schools understand those kinds of things and will often let you schedule a day where you can shadow a student. My D was able to do this at one school (not the one where she is now). It gave her a more realistic view of the normal school day as compared with the recruiting rush of revisit day. She was also able to ask more questions of more students that day as she was the only visitor on campus that day.</p>
<p>Do many schools offer option for kids to spend a night on campus as part of revisit? I was under the impression that they didn't do that, although one school has already offerred that to my daughter "if" she is accepted.</p>
<p>The most competitive schools do not offer it, except I heard that Milton does. A standard revisit for most of the schools discussed on this board is a day or even a half day visit (finished after lunch). Some schools include an overnight as part of the revisit. You can always ask for it if your child thinks it is important.</p>
<p>I haven't heard of overnights as a revisit, although many schools encourage students to host prospects they know before application deadlines as part of recruiting.</p>
<p>I would guess that with a few recruited athletes, it might give them an advantage over another school. I couldn't imagine it with a large number of accepted applicants on the same night. Talk about a slumber party!</p>
<p>Quite a few of the more popular schools on this forum will let kids stay the night. However, from a current student's prospective this is not always the best idea. The prospective student gets to see plenty of the dorm and social life during the day. The students have lots of homework and cannot always entertain the guest. If the prospective student is torn between several schools it would probably be good for them to spend the night to get the whole experience. From my perspective not many do stay the night.</p>
<p>As you know from my posts my daughter is an athlete. How "recruited" she really is considered at the end of the day is the $64,000 question. There could be some connection as the girl who would be hosting her is a member of the hockey team and has been selling my daughter on how close the team is and how they hang out together a lot.</p>
<p>It sounds promising for her at that school!</p>
<p>Doesn't Groton allow accepted students to spend the night?</p>
<p>biffgnar.. which schools is your daughter applying too? just out of curiousty.. im a girl hockey player as well!</p>
<p>Hotchkiss, Deerfield, Taft, Pomfret and Berkshire</p>
<p>im applying to taft, what was your impression on coach guiffre</p>
<p>We liked him a lot, although have met others who are not fans. We first started corresponding with him last spring. Spent a decent amount of time with him during our campus visit and then have had some other interaction since. He seemed a lot more serious and thoughtful about his program than some coaches we met during our visits (we visited more than just the five she is applying to). He does have different opinions on some points though than other coaches and you would need to be comfortable with that. An easy example, among other things, is whether his girls should/need to play club also. He falls more towards the camp of it is not necessary and in some cases (9th graders) it probably isn't a good idea. In contrast to some coaches who don't necessarily encourage it (and all are definitely clear that school sports come first and playing club is not necessary), but we are much more involved in the club scene (Hotchkiss and Pomfret coaches are both club coaches also for example). He is very thoughtful about explaining why he thinks what he thinks. Now my daughter may be disappointed not to play club just because she can never seem to get enough but we will talk about that if and when decision time comes.</p>
<p>I got the same message from him, he actually told me that i would be better off not playing for my club team, and perhaps taking up a serious sport in the fall. and he was very upfront about his coaching styles. he was going on about how he would rather play 3 lines of forwards and D consistantly through a game unlike many other schools who will go just with 2 lines for forwards and D...i liked him a lot.</p>
<p>If you ever look at the message board on <a href="http://www.uscho.com%5B/url%5D">www.uscho.com</a> under Women's College Hockey there are a few prep school threads where he has come on a few times and posted some very lengthy explanations of his views and approaches (I think he is registered as Taft Coach or something like that if you want to search). Good stuff.</p>
<p>Interesting set of opinions on club hockey.</p>
<p>Our D's coach left the choice entirely up to us. Granted, to play nationals it would require headmaster approval for time off, but given her academic record, it wouldn't have been a problem. We did not elect to play this season (more a financial and family decision), but will probably play next season. </p>
<p>In our case, it would only be for 4 events - 2 holiday tourneys and 2 break weekends plus districts and nationals. Her club team is very open to this. Most are not. The NE teams want Sunday practice and games. </p>
<p>And that can be wearing without a day off the ice week after week. I think my D appreciates having most Sundays off to recover. Being an only goalie gets her plenty of work Monday thru Saturday. This from a girl who never saw a sheet of ice she didn't want to skate on.</p>
<p>Playing the holiday breaks will actually benefit My D's game as it is tough for her to find practice ice during the Tday and Xmas breaks locally (YMMV). She was not in particularly good hockey shape (nor were her teammates) after the Xmas break and played against a top team that DID play a New Years tourney and got ran over far worse than they should have. They bounced back by the next week and she put up a great game against Andover. Andover's coach even called out her effort by name on their site. </p>
<p>Point is that you have to look to get the right amount of game and rest to get the best performance. I don't know how much game ice time coaches give to freshman at the schools you are looking at. It is also something to consider when looking at the club situation.</p>
<p>bump... (i know this is a really old thread but we can keep it going and it has a lot of info at the begging that some people may be interested in knowing about) also, if anyone else has any more information about revisit days, that would be nice too.</p>
<p>I'm seeing BS plus club sports grinding kids to dust.</p>
<p>OP here!</p>
<p>Daughter was accepted to four schools and only wanted to revisit Exeter where she is now in her second year (11). That was a risky decision on her part but I think she knew deep down that it was the right place for her. Revisit days (called Experience Exeter, I believe) are for parents and accepted students. Upon registering, you sign up for classes that you would like to sit in on. When you sign in, you will be paired with another student who you will take you with them to classes and lunch. Parents do the same, but not with their child or current student. There are also some informational meetings for parents. The school does not put on a big sales show-its more about giving students a chance to get a feel of what its like to be an Exonian. </p>
<p>I do not recall perspective students being given a choice of staying on campus overnight when we registered for the revisit. We did not make any inquiries about it either.</p>