<p>Sigh...D is going to Fredonia in the Fall. We got our packet about Summer Orientation complete with info for the Parent's portion of SO. It is a better deal for the parents to stay/eat on campus but frankly the schedule of presentations they have for parents is not really to my interest as we have already attended a lot of the same when we visited.</p>
<p>D seems offended I do not want to go. I told her the way the info packet reads we would not even see each other much during the 2 days. I am back and forth on whether or not I really want to go. It is over 4 hours away so not close to home, it would be more practical to stay out there while she is at SO. </p>
<p>Has anyone done this or is going to? I am interested in any input you can give.</p>
<p>Don't be a party pooper! Go to orientation! If I can extrapolate my experience from Oswego's 2 summers ago, it was very worthwhile. THey made the parents feel very welcome, a part of the process, and most of it was very interesting and informative. Also helped with the anxiety of sending him off. And, if you want to skip some, you can always take your book and go hang out at Starbucks! </p>
<p>Re: dorm or hotel. I have stayed at both the Best Western and Comfort Inn (I think that's what it is- right across from the BW). They are adequate (comfort inn is newer, BW pretty much backs up to the Thruway), and not too expensive, both with breakfast. I did not stay on campus in Oswego, but the parents who did were having a fun time and they put them in the best (gorgeously newly renovated lakeside) dorm. So just go with the flow, OK?! Especially since D wants you there!</p>
<p>Your friend,</p>
<p>Musmom2</p>
<p>OBTW, we are heading to IUP (again!) for the same thing in 2 weeks!</p>
<p>As it looks I will probably be going. There are so many factors involved. My D wants her Dad to come as well, feels like he should see the campus before she goes (but we are planning on going to Parents Weekend in the end of Sept). The problem with that is that DD13 and DS3 obviously cannot stay home alone and there are no relatives I would want to leave them with. The brochure for Orientation says that siblings are allowed to stay at the dorms but I am not sure if they anticipate toddlers!! </p>
<p>One scenario I am thinking of is we go during the session when DD13 is spending the week in Cape Cod with a friend’s family and DH and I take DS with us, stay at the dorms and maybe take DS to the Buffalo Zoo and Niagara Falls during the days. If we do it that way we will most definitely have to stay 2 nights as DH cannot get himself up at 4am to get to Fredonia in time. A problem with this is that DH is SOOOO easily bored. He normally drives me nuts on any vacation. We have stayed at the Comfort Inn in Fredonia when D had her audition and I actually found it to be nicer than most of the higher priced hotels I have stayed in. </p>
<p>IDK, another way we could do it is to go on a week where DD13 can come (which would mean she would miss more summer ballet classes) and leave DH and DS at home to have “man” time. Then I would have a companion for the times when I don’t want to go to the Parent Meetings.</p>
<p>I think all of this ambivalence is just an after effect of so many college tours, endless lectures about schools and curriculums and finances. At this point a lot of it seems kind of moot as the deal is sealed. </p>
<p>In the end I will probably end up going alone w/ her. DH and I are supposed to discuss this weekend but who knows, the weekend is very packed: senior lock in, D13 is at a band competition today at Darien Lake, dance rehearsals and dance recital on Sunday. I have to put in some OT at work tomorrow. We are like ships in the night most of the time lately.</p>
<p>Sorry if I sounded flippant above, I didn't mean to. And, I had forgotten that you have a little one, which definitely complicates matters! We are going to IUP (and D missing 3 days school) at end of the month because a)that is when they have the Honors summer orientation, and b)DH has the week off and can go (he hasn't been yet).l hear you about ships passing in the night. Good luck!</p>
<p>We are having the same problem with a PA school having orientation while we are still in school. My DH also hasn't seen the school so I think I have him going with us (but the overnight is optional for D - I told her unless she really has a burning desire to drag all that stuff and spend the night in the dorm that we should just do the day long). For D1, DH never saw the school until we moved her in....and that was only an hour away! Actually, it is only fair that Dh's have to sit through some of this if at all possible! However, I agree that taking a little one would not be fun!</p>
<p>I agree that the D's need to sit through! Guess that's in an ideal world! D and I would be going alone again if he didn't happen to have that week off, and he would never have seen IUP until move in day!</p>