<p>my other DD - 15 - doesn’t want me to sign her up for it.</p>
<p>what do they do.</p>
<p>do you think i should i sign her up anyway?</p>
<p>My youngest didn’t go due to a conflict, but D1 is VERY jealous of something the siblings got to do which the new students didn’t. She mentioned it to D2, who said that it wouldn’t have meant a thing to her & she would have been bored. Don’t want to give anything away, but involved a facility that hosts a fairly popular event on campus :)</p>
<p>So, it’s something at the Zone at BDS, or is it a tour of BDS itself?</p>
<p>Rob…what was it. Don’t worry about giving something away because it may be a factor in a family’s decision as to whether to have sibling go or not. These things aren’t a secret, are they? LOL</p>
<p>I know that they tour Bryant Museum, the Athletic facilities and probably the locker rooms, and the interactive Resource and Design Lab at Gorgas Library.</p>
<p><a href=“http://orientation.ua.edu/sibling/schedule.html[/url]”>http://orientation.ua.edu/sibling/schedule.html</a></p>
<p>We heard through a friend’s sibling that they got a tour of the locker rooms at BDS & that they got to go onto the field at BDS…(THEY got to go onto the field? I’ve never been on the field; why didn’t we get to go onto the field…courtesy of my D :)</p>
<p>The tour of the athletic facilities is on the schedule, so it’s ok to mention it here. :)</p>
<p>I’ve been in the locker rooms and they are really nice for locker rooms!!! LOL</p>
<p>I would sign her up anyway. My daughter met SEVERAL new friends. I think there were 20 siblings in her group. They are now all friends on Facebook too. Several of them also hung out together the second day (1/2 day) at Starbucks and the game room while we finished up. </p>
<p>I will not give away secrets…just suffice it to say it was worth it! :-O</p>
<p>Mike, clean out your private message box. I just tried to send you one and it says it’s full.</p>
<p>done.</p>
<p>: )</p>
<p>I registered D2 for sibling orientation simply to keep her from coming with us to parent orientation and asking “how much longer”.<br>
I think the teen will have much more fun spending time with her contemporaries than with us decrepit old folks.</p>
<p>yeah, i think so too.</p>
<p>mine pretty much makes friends everywhere she goes, so i think she would like it.</p>
<p>what are the ages of kids in sib orientation?? do they split them into age groups?</p>
<p>If you’re bringing an extra child with you, the last thing I would want is that child tagging along to the regular orientation. </p>
<p>I don’t know if they split them by ages since siblings must be in high school.</p>
<p>Quote: what are the ages of kids in sib orientation?? do they split them into age groups?</p>
<p>They are rising freshmen through rising seniors. They did not split them…they were all fine and had a wonderful time. My daughter said today she wanted to go back that she missed her friends she met at UA.</p>
<p>They were told they were the most fun group they’d ever had, so I don’t know if that had something to do with it ??? but the college kids are the ones that show them around and “play” with them, so I can’t imagine they wouldn’t have fun…unless they are a stick in the mud. :)</p>
<p>i didn’t know it was limited to high school age. no need for splitting into age groups, then!</p>
<p>i think she would like it!</p>
<p>I’d like to go to sibling orientation so I can get a tour of the locker rooms and time on the field as well. Now I just gotta find a way to pass for 16 again :-)</p>
<p>Rob, tell your daughter that I think they get to go on the field during Week of Welcome. If not on the field at least in the stadium. In years past Coach Saban actually was there to give them a little talk.</p>
<p>NJBama: just passed that tidbit onto my D…she broke out into a big smile & said “that would be awesome!”</p>