<p>Ride the Tide, Swarthmore's Admitted Students Program, is on Thursday, April 17 and Friday, April 18. Is anyone who got accepted already planning on going? Does anyone know if it will be like Discovery Weekend, except for admitted students? It certainly sounds like it. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, I can't make it to Ride the Tide because it conflicts with other plans, but are you guys planning to go?</p>
<p>It is usually crowded and stuffed with eventssketch comedy, music, theatre, etc.. It will be interesting this year, since the weekend before it is Family Weekend. </p>
<p>Still, I really really really enjoyed RtT. If you can go ... do.</p>
<p>It's something like Discovery Weekend, but I feel like you get a lot more since everyone there definitely is at least in, and there are more people, and there are tons of events. I really enjoyed RtT - I'd recommend going very highly. :]</p>
<p>I'm definitely going to Ride the Tide... with friends from my school that got in! It should be tons of fun.</p>
<p>I'm confused. The thing says RSVP by March 24, and the website says admissions decisions come out April 1. So how can people who get their decisions on April 1 come to this, or do they have an extended deadline for them?</p>
<p>And i wish i had friends who were accepted too. It sounds so much fun touring a college with your friends.</p>
<p>I'm going. Luckily it doesn't conflict with other accepted students weekends. I hope my friend gets in so we can go together.</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm really lucky... ever since we applied, my friends and I have been like.. fantasizing about being at Swat together... and now it's like.. real! Hahah.</p>
<p>But, from the letter they sent out, it says that the packet comes in "late" March... not April, so maybe he other acceptances actually come out sooner than expected anyway.</p>
<p>Or, perhaps, Ride the Tide is just for students that got early letters, ED1 students, and ED2 students.</p>
<p>Or, maybe they just want us all to make plans early because we have that opportunity and then the students that get the letter later can make their plans closer to the date so that not everyone is making plans at once.</p>
<p>I don't know for sure. I'm just throwing out possibilities...</p>
<p>so are we allowed to use the swat track to train, or are we not allowed to do? And finally, do we have a lot of down time at RTL?</p>
<p>FarrCT, there are very few events--two or three at the most--at Ride the Tide that are mandatory. If you really wanted you could spend the entire two days curled up in McCabe with a book (but in that case, what's the point?). You can schedule yourself as much down-time as you want/need, but most people end up pretty busy, both with scheduled activities and with informal socializing.</p>
<p>this might sound really stupid, but do you mail your overnight forms/check to the admissions office, or is there another address i missed?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>i wanna go but i can’t. :(</p>
<p>I was sooo excited when the letter came in the mail… 
I’d LOVE to go, but I have family plans that overlap with RtT. I also didn’t go to Discovery Weekend. How different would it be if I just visited? Would I be able to sit in on a class?</p>
<p>Is it just as much fun to go by oneself? Man, everyone else seems to have friends going with them, but no one else from my school applied.</p>
<p>issmrt, Ride the Tide is primarily different from regular visiting because you get the chance to meet your potential future classmates, and many student groups hold events designed to present themselves to prospective students. But you can still get a great feeling of what campus life is like (perhaps even a more accurate impression) by visiting at another time. You can definitely sit in on a class anytime you come visit, as long as classes are in session. </p>
<p>AmbitiousMind, most people will be going alone. You’ll meet people while there, and you’ll have a great time. The reality is that most applicants come from high schools where they are the only one accepted–so many people will be in the same boat.</p>
<p>I am an international student from South Korea who got admitted via ED II and I haven’t received any information about the program…</p>
<p>Is there any international students who received any kind of information about “Ride the Tide”?</p>
<p>My son has not gotten anything either regarding Ride the Tide. Does it come in the mail? Just wondering.</p>
<p>I remember hearing from ED kids last year that they received their info at the same time as the RD kids. So hang in there. </p>
<p>Those of you undecided as to whether to go or not, go if you can. When my D returned from, RTT and was still deciding which school to choose, she mentioned that she could see herself becoming close to some of the kids that she had met during RTT. She decided on Swarthmore and they are, indeed, her close friends…</p>
<p>AmbitiousMind07</p>
<p>My D may have been the first student to be accepted from her school and did not know anyone at RTT. She did not know anyone else who had been admitted and this was not a problem. If anything, it should be better because it will force you to make new acquaintances.</p>