<p>I'm already admitted, and I plan on visiting stanford on my own since I can't make admit weekend.</p>
<p>It says on the AW brochure that I can visit Jan 28-Mar 8, and April. But on the Stanford schedule for public walking tours, etc, it's open all Mar. Is there something special on the dates designated in the AW brochure. </p>
<p>if I visit outside AW do I not get my travel grant (I'm out of state)?</p>
<p>also, does Stanford have Spring break? I can't find it on the website. If Stanford does have spring break, what dates? I don't want to fly during my spring break and find that there's nobody there</p>
<p>Can I wander on my own? Should I see discover stanford and the public walking tours and the dorms/food tour, or will they be geared at those applying to Stanford (ie the admissions process, which is no concern to me)</p>
<p>I think Discover Stanford is geared towards those applying, though I'm not sure. Call either Visitor Information Services or the admissions office (whoever runs it) and they'll tell you.</p>
<p>For all the other questions, call the admissions office. If you visit between those dates, they'll probably set you up with a host on campus and maybe some activities to do while you're there. They might also be able to do that at other times.</p>
<p>You can find the academic calendar here: Stanford</a> University Academic Calendar, 2007-08
As you can see, spring break runs March 22-30. I'm guessing the March 8th limit they gave you was so they're not asking students to host people during dead week or finals.</p>
<p>one more quick question, how did you know Mar 22-30 was spring break? I looked through that and couldn't tell based on that cal. Basically it says:</p>
<p>21 (Fri) Course enrollment deadline to receive stipend or refund check on first day of term
31 (Mon) Full refund for Spring Quarter Leave of Absence; last day to file for Leave of Absence. A full refund schedule is available here.</p>
<p>My guess is that during those dates you can spend the night in a student's room, have free meals in the dining hall, etc. I'm sure you can do that in April, and it's possible that you also can late January through early March. </p>
<p>The admissions office can tell you about what's offered on campus outside of Admit Weekend and if you can use your travel grant. I'm pretty sure that you can use it, but you should definitely check how that works. </p>
<p>Either the tour portion of Discover Stanford or a public walking tour might be a good idea. The Discover Stanford tour is probably more helpful. The other part of the program, the information session, is primarily about admissions, whereas the tour is about student academic and residential life. It cover material such as academic requirements, academic opportunities such as study abroad, research, and introductory seminars, dining, residential life and dorm options, student life, etc. Much of the information in the residential hall tour will be covered in the Discover Stanford program, and the rest you're likely to learn for yourself if you decide to spend the night.</p>
<p>I have a similar question! I live about an hour away, and I've been itching to visit again for the first time in years since I've been accepted. Is it possible to just walk into the campus and look around by myself over the weekend or something?</p>
<p>The tour is cool, but I think the most important thing to do is meet current students and hear what they have to say about Stanford. Another great thing to do would be visiting classes.</p>
<p>It'll be excellent if you can stay in the dorms and get to know people!</p>
<p>^tough luck, at least it would weed out some of the competition. i know that's being a bit harsh and of course i'm not being entirely serious; however, you have to admit it does make sense.</p>
<p>I don't admit it makes sense. Stanford doesn't care about measured interest or visiting, things that less selective schools afraid of their yield do care about. And clearly the admissions office respects this policy admitting the OP and me without visiting... Anyways to answer your question OP, I'm visiting Stanford once before Admit weekend and plan to stay with current students and sit in on classes. I think it's best that you don't just wander around the campus but actually live there and be involved in the students everyday conversations.</p>
<p>how do you know you want to go to a school (especially applying scea) if you've never been there before? obviously you can learn a lot about a school without visiting, but if you're that passionate about going somewhere it makes sense you would have at least visited.</p>
<p>Considering I live on the east coast and it would be time consuming and expensive, especially since I hadn't been admitted yet- I could not plan a trip, probably like the OP who is an out of stater. However, doing strong research about the school, which goes beyond a visit (while very informative as well) would help in the Why Stanford essay and affirming your commitment to Stanford. Now applying ED is a different case...</p>