<p>I am visiting NU tomorrow for "Wildcat Days"--I'm driving down from Southeastern WI--and although my father was supposed to come with me, some things came up so that I have to come by myself. How common is it for people to come without a parent?</p>
<p>It depends. Are you staying the night in a dorm? NU flew me up there and the first day only kids who were staying with students were there. However the next day there were many more prospective students and the majority of them were with their parents. I had a great time 
so did the others that didn’t come with parents. I found that some of the kids that went with parents didn’t get to go to classes they wanted to attend or explore as much. Have fun :)</p>
<p>We went with our daughter and didn’t see much of her. It’s fine to go without your parents, besides, then they can’t embarrass you!</p>
<p>I went without my parents. It wasn’t a big deal at all.</p>
<p>My son also went without me but he was staying with a student. I’m sure he had a much better time without me and it was less stressful for him. I will get a chance to see the university during Wildcat Week so no biggie. I’m sure you will have a great time and within hours of being there my son declared he wanted to be a Wildcat.</p>
<p>I would say that most people who didn’t stay with a student came with their parents, but there was definitely a good number of people who came alone. I went by myself, and it was fine</p>
<p>Although last year we made him the offer to go, our S decided he didn’t need to in order to make his decision (we had visited before the summer between his jr and sr year.) If he had gone, it would have been solo. At this stage in the game, it’s really for the students, even though the university will put on some programs for the parents who tag along.</p>
<p>I didn’t go to wildcat days last year, but if I had gone, I would rather go without my parents.</p>