<p>I was just wonderg: what happens on a revisit day? i mean, the parents pick seminars and classes they want to attend, but the students don't. do they just stick us with some random kid we're supposed to follow around all day? do we see their dorm or day student lounge?</p>
<p>I think we "shadow" kids.
At my school at least (day NE prep), the visiting kids are assigned to a student and they hang out with them all day, visiting classes, going to lunch, etc. And if there's anything in particular the visiting kid wants to see, the person touring can usually try to set it up for them. I think it's similar for boarding school, but I can't be 100% sure, but it's the impression I get from the schedules some schools have posted.</p>
<p>There were a few threads about this a while back - I'm sure they are on a bunch of pages back by now. Do a search though and I'm sure you'll find them with some really good info.</p>
<p>At my son's school you all attend a meeting together in the morning with a student panel discussion. Then the students are paired with student tour guides and attend shortened classes with them, while the parents attend various meetings.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if the students shadowing will be able to participate in classes? I know that for Exeter, with the harkness table, that it would be easy to have more people join, or is it strictly observing?</p>
<p>Sportincourty I was wondering that as well.
And are you paired with someone in the grade you'll be in?</p>
<p>Sportincourty: You can join in the discussions if you want to. And, they will try to pair you with a person that is in the grade you will be in, and by common interests as well.</p>
<p>Here is another thread that has information on revisit days <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/467368-how-do-revisit-days-work.html?highlight=revisit+day%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/467368-how-do-revisit-days-work.html?highlight=revisit+day</a></p>
<p>i'm revisiting deerfield, do most kids revisiting follow the dress code...jacket and tie?</p>
<p>Yes, you should follow the dress code of the school you are visiting.</p>
<p>If the school has a dress code your child must follow it.
Some schools keep parents and children together during second-visits, some separate you.
If the children are going to classes, they can participate. My S had friends at the schools and they offered to accompany him during that day.</p>
<p>Most of the times, when you really haven’t decided which school your child must attend, second-visits offer you a different perspective that you might have missed the first time around. Remember, when you went to school the first time for the interview, you/your child were trying to impress/to sell/to showcase. This time is the school who will try to do the same.</p>
<p>We were recommended to second-visit no more than 2 or 3 schools. My S was accepted at several and we really did not know what to do. Second-visits definitely helped us reached a decision. We had a favorite school starting our second-visits and changed our minds at the end.</p>
<p>You still get to see interactions between students, teachers, coaches, and administrators. For us it was such an eye-opener interacting with other parents. </p>
<p>You will get to see/do things you did not see/do in the interview. You might hear the a–capella groups, the jazz bands, you will have lunch/diner at the school, you might see a sports activity, etc.</p>
<p>You will be surprised at how many times parents and children change their original decision about attending school X or Y based on what they saw/perceived during second-visits.</p>
<p>For the DF question, yes most revisit boys wear jacket and ties - but you can be more casual below the waist - flip flops and shorts if you want, but most wear khakis.</p>
<p>I have to disagree. Yes, you have gotten in and they won't reject you for wearing shorts and flipflops but you're still not an enrolled student. I'm going to Andover (which has no dress code) but i'm going to wear the coat and tie "schpiel". Whatever feels right for you.</p>
<p>My comment is more about the DF dress code: yes they wear a coat and tie, but very often coupled with shorts and flip flops (also yes..in March and April). But wear what you are comfortable with and better to err on conservative side.....</p>
<p>Since this is a forum dedicated to the pursuit of education I am offering this clarification. The word is "spiel," not "schpiel." The proper use of the word is as a substitute for a story or sales pitch, with a connotation of long-windedness. </p>
<p>What you meant to say is that you're going to wear a coat and tie like some "putz". But you intend to wear what you want below the waist, which will make you look like a "schleper."</p>
<p>I'm sorry for the misspelling of the word. I've never heard of the word putz or schleper.</p>
<p>I personally use the word spiel/schpiel like that but i'll be sure to keep my wordy ways to myself.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Yiddish is not offered at any US boarding schools, as far as I know. However, I recommend the book:</p>
<p>Maybe not at any US boarding schools but I bet there are some yeshivas in Brooklyn where you can study Yiddish. </p>
<p>McskittlZ10, if you were offended by the correction of your use of the Yiddish word I apologize, I was just having some fun. I subscribe to wordaday.com, where they send you a new vocabulary word every day by email. This week happens to be Yiddish word week. For instance I learned that a very long-winded story is known as a "megillah." As in, "please, spare me the whole megillah, just get to the point already."</p>
<p>Nah i wasn't offended. My crazy Brazilian mother gave me some pretty thick skin. I thought it was Yiddish but was afraid to say it just in case some Jewish guy got offended. (You can never be sure these days.)</p>
<p>My daughter has had a rough first year at college; everything that could go wrong did. My pastor says she is a schlemeel and what she has gone through is shlamazel. Remember those words in the opening song of Laverne & Shirley?</p>