<p>due to airline scheduling conflicts we can't make an interview or a guided tour but plan on doing our own tour on an October Saturday. We'll have to fly out again if the kid likes it--and he liked Sewanee so I'll put money on liking W&L.</p>
<p>What places should we make sure we see? Do the buildings get locked at a certain time?</p>
<p>Does admissions close at 12 on Saturdays?</p>
<p>Any good restaurants for dinner that anyone can recommend?</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>academic buildings don't get locked. period.</p>
<p>The Palms is okay for casual dining. We actually ate in the dining hall in the student center and it wasn't too bad.</p>
<p>If your kid is looking to play a sport, perhaps you can call the coach and get one of the team players to take you around for a bit.</p>
<p>I wonder if you can email admissions and arrange for a tourguide to give you a private tour on a Saturday? It wouldn't hurt to ask. I know the kids are busy and all, but maybe someone would be available and a guided tour would be so much more helpful than a DIY. Which Saturday? I would definitely plan on attending an athletic event, preferably a football game. Homecoming is Oct 21 so there will be lots of events that day.</p>
<p>don't bother going to the football game. no one goes, or cares. also, don't go to homecoming... it's pretty much a students and alumni centered event.</p>
<p>^ W&L football happens to have a few fans, me being one of them. Those guys work hard and I am sick of nobody ever giving them any respect by not showing up to games and by leaving at halftime.</p>
<p>Call admissions, there are saturday tours. Also make sure you look at the commons and walk by the freshman dorms, maybe there will be someone around willing to show theirs to you.</p>
<p>Go to the Sheridan-Livery or the Southern Inn for dinner (though they tend to run on the pricey side). The Bistro on Main is good too. Salerno's is good if you want to save money. Stay away from the Palms.</p>
<p>i know football has a few fans, but if a prospective goes to a football game hoping to see... oh i don't know... UT type football, it's going to depress them. honestly, the football games are kind of depressing anyway. all those sundresses and frat attire and everyone leaving at halftime...</p>
<p>My D went to her 1st W&L football game with a bunch of girls from her hall a couple of weeks ago. She wore a sundress (forgot to put on sunscreen, ouch!) and stayed through the last half.</p>
<p>It's definitely not D1 football, but it's a lot of fun!</p>
<p>I bet you can find a cc'er willing to meet you. If my D is in town and not away at her athletic competition, I'll volunteer her. She loves it when I do that. :)</p>
<p>we called admissions and they close at 12 on Saturdays but there is info for a self guided tour on their porch/mailbox (can't recall which)</p>
<p>On Sat, we arrive in charlotte, nc and will drive 4 hours to see. a little disappointed we can't interview this time but if the kid likes we'll fly back and interview later. this is going to be a whirlwind tour. HS only gives seniors two days for visiting schools, limits apps to 7 and has more forms to fill out than government requisitions.</p>
<p>if the website does it any justice i think this could be the #1 choice--then the question only becomes can he get in.</p>
<p>Post a Trip Report in College Visits when you get back. :)</p>
<p>Can your son interview with an alumnus/a in your home area? I believe that they are supposed to be weighted equally, especially if you couldn't schedule an interview when you are on campus.</p>
<p>Just a warning: this Saturday is Nabors Service Day, which means a lot of people will be gone from campus doing various volunteer projects.</p>
<p>I suspect you are right when you say that since your son liked Sewanee, he will like W&L. Both are great schools and he can't go wrong with either one. There is a great deal of overlap between the two schools - many students at Sewanee have parents and siblings who have attended W&L - but they both have their own distinctive character. All the buildings at W&L are open 24 hours, except for Lee Chapel, which is a must see. It is open 9 to 5 on Saturdays and noon to 5 on Sundays. Enjoy your trip to Lexington.</p>
<p>mapl--
thx for the info on Lee Chapel. I have always wanted to see it so I'll have to step on the gas to get there before 5pm on Saturday.</p>
<p>dima--even tho everyone may be off campus, i still think you can garner a ton of info just walking around. S recently toured UChicago and HATED it--just by walking around on campus without too many kids up and about, scoping the tennis courts etc.</p>
<p>Could it be that my conservatism is rubbing off on the kid? I hated it but kept my mouth shut until he said something.</p>
<p>One building to be sure to go into is the Elrod Commons (dining hall/ book store/ student center). Also, if your student likes to work out look at the new and impressive fitness facility in the gym. Other recently renovated academic buildings are Huntley Hall (commerce, economics, and politics), and Reid Hall (journalism). If your student is into the arts, make sure to see the new Lenfest Center building.</p>
<p>When visiting W&L, keep in mind that unlike many schools the town itself and the surrounding area play a big part in everyday life. Make sure you spend some time walking around in town, and poking around the small shops. Drive around the residential areas of Lee and Jackson Avenues, where many of the faculty live (and where your student will join them for dinner in their homes). Drive out on Furr's Mill Road to Beans River Bottom, and on Greenhouse Road to Windfall (at Winding Way) to see where many of the students live their junior and senior years.</p>
<p>Other students live in similar locations in the countryside south, west, and east of town.</p>
<p>Look at the fraternities in Red Square and Davidson Park, and the sororities on the west side of campus. Drive around the west side of campus to see the athletic facilities and fields.</p>
<p>If you really have extra time, go out to Goshen Pass on Route 39, 12 miles west of town. Many hang out there on pretty afternoons in the spring and fall.</p>
<p>If you want to eat at a really nice place try Cafe Michel (near intersection of Furr's Mill Road and Route 11). While it is not a student hangout, it is where you may go on parents' weekend.</p>
<p>got in late and ate at Cafe Michel---great food. i would recommend this to anyone over the Sheridan Livery and Southern Inn. Drove around for an hour just looking at everything. This morning the real walk around. Very impressive even at 10 pm at night. Found the sorority houses but the frats will have to wait til this morning/afternoon.
what a great place to go to school </p>
<p>the hard part is getting in.</p>
<p>Looking forward to hearing Part II of your report. You can also post it in the "New! College Visits" under the Discussion Menu.</p>
<p>We spent about 3 to 4 hours walking the campus and exploring the buildings, talking to kids about dorm rooms, air conditioning, honor code. That science building is incredible and we were amazed at an open lounge with a computer, books, notes but no sign of any kid. Makes a huge impression even to me when compared to my notes stolen by someone in law school to assist me in failing a course.
One of my big things is whether a school's steps are clean and WLU is. chicago's were not.
WLU buildings well maintained. Grounds incredible. Frat/Sorority houses impressive. Lexington, if you're a history buff, is impressive.
S thought the girls were really pretty, gave Vandy girls lots of competition.
Now we have to decide ED and do we realistically have a shot. What a great opportunity to go to a great school==we compared it to three others that we saw over the weekend and WLU is at the top and those three are nothing to dismiss.</p>
<p>Logistically, it represents a technological hurdle trying to get there. S proposed me leasing/buying a car to keep at school so he can fly home. Kids sure are smart about solving problems these days. Money--even the pigs don't eat it.</p>
<p>I don't know where you are from, but there are many students from logistically difficult places (Houston comes to mind specifically). There is an online Campus Notices that is emailed to students daily. After the official postings from the departments and student groups are the personal announcements asking for rides to various places on certain dates offering to pay gas and snacks. I guess this is the high tech version of the Student Union bulletin board that we had at my school in the old days.</p>