<p>My D is trying to plan a visit, and Friday-Saturday work best for her schedule. Does anyone have advice on whether that would be a good or bad time to visit? My experience with college kids is that they sleep late and often don't have classes on Friday, but at least she would experience the authentic Pomona social life with a Friday night visit. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Also, does the campus tend to empty out on the Friday before the October break? We visited campus once in the summer and it was so quiet; she wants to be there when students are, so she will avoid this weekend if you tell us that Pomona clears out for the short October break.</p>
<p>There are some classes on Friday morning and early afternoon. What department is she particularly interested in? Perhaps someone in that office or at the admissions office could tell you what is available for sitting in on. There would probably be a soccer game or some sport event that she could see on the Saturday.</p>
<p>My daughter stayed on campus last year for the October break and she did say it was pretty quiet.</p>
<p>I think Friday would be a good time to visit if she wanted to see the social scene. The only thing with that is that the visit could be heavily influenced by whomever she rooms with… but that’ll be the same at any college.</p>
<p>It’s really quiet on campus over fall break. If you want to see a lot of students (which I would recommend), don’t visit over fall break.</p>
<p>Sounds good; thanks for the feedback. She’s really looking forward to spending time with Pomona students instead of just traipsing around with her mom :)</p>
<p>Campus is a wasteland right at/before fall break. Tons of people go home or go off campus(I’m prolly going to Yosemite). That said, some of my favorite memories from last year happened when I stayed on campus for fall break last year. There was a pretty cool ‘we’re the only people left on campus, so lets hang out’ vibe, and I met some people who ended up being lasting friends through that.</p>
<p>But for a visit - I’d think another weekend would be best. If your D can be here Thursday night that’d be about ideal. Thursday night is a big social night, then she can visit class and all that on Friday. And considering most non-lab classes on fridays are in the morning, she’d want to be here already. Plus it means she could embrace friday night as well.</p>
<p>Thanks DSC! She’s actually set up a visit this month, and is really looking forward to it. She was even able to set up an interview, after the slots having been filled up way in advance. She won’t get to see Thursday night’s social scene, but I imagine she’ll have fun anyway.</p>