<p>“After registration d was sent over to security for a photo for her id - little did any of us know that this is also the yearbook photo and website photo. On a hot sweaty day when you are totally stressed out they take your yearbook picture”.</p>
<p>This really made me smile through the tears! Thanks for sharing that~!</p>
<p>Are any of these stories about Exeter? A friend told me that his experience with Exeter a couple years ago was very quick. Bring your kid’s stuff to their room and then goodbye parents. No assemblies or anything. Is that still true?</p>
<p>PhotoOp daughter is at Exeter.</p>
<p>I would not say Exeter does anything special with the kids or parents other than the parent assembly Photo Op mentioned. Meeting advisor was very perfunctory. Mostly running around getting supplies and getting room organized and computer set up. I assume there is some dorm stuff and meetings after the parents leave.
There were many proctors/varsity athletes on hand to help bring boxes from the cars and up the stairs for the parents who were not strong enough or just needed a hand - that was nice.</p>
<p>The only bit of comfort that I can assure most parents is that it won’t be long until S / D are asking you to depart campus ASAP.</p>
<p>At Exeter there was a parents reception and tour at the library, there was a parents assembly, and there was a dorm meeting that included parents and new students. There was also a room with displays from the credit union, the newspaper, computer people, I don’t remember what else. We got to campus early in the morning, and didn’t leave until well past dinner time. I don’t even remember where we ate dinner - I think we had fast food after we went to Walmart. It was a really long day, not quick at all. I guess if you are driving you wouldn’t have to make the trip to Walmart, but you still need to go to the bookstore and we weren’t able to make the library tour which we really wanted to do. The parents reception was really, really nice. We met a lot of parents and teachers and other staff members, we really enjoyed that part of the day. And don’t skip the parents assembly, it is very informative and helpful. </p>
<p>My daughter’s roommate’s mother skipped all the parent things and spent her entire day in the room arranging and rearranging furniture. So you can make what you want out of the day. She made us feel very uncomfortable - so don’t do that!</p>
<p>Thanks PhotoOp! Don’t worry we are not interior decorator types! haha</p>
<p>I’m glad to hear that there are several parent events to attend if you are so inclined. I am definitely more the parent info meeting type!</p>
<p>I wish registration included a tutorial on college admission process and standardized testing. Give the parents homework to do over the next 3 years. </p>
<p>And a tutorial on administrative process and appropriate communication: with teachers, with students, with administrators. With the advent of the internet, overcommunication can be a problem that schools really don’t want to deal with.</p>
<p>I have already started the college admissions tutorial by reading a book written by a former Dartmouth admissions officer Michele Hernadez entitled “A is for Admission: The Insider’s Guide to Getting into the Ivy League and Other Top Colleges”. Although written in 1997 and, hence, a bit dated, it is quite revealing about the dark magic of college admissions. Also, pick up Harry Bauld’s “On Writing the College Application Essay”. It is a quick and ejoyable read.</p>