Husky for the day - our first offical college tour

[MIch elle]

I'm very excited to begin the process of touring colleges with my ds. Our tour is a week from today.

http://www.admissions.uconn.edu/huskyaday/index.php

 

My niece graduated from UConn about 10 yrs ago. I visited her frequently but I'm told it's changed since then. Funny thing is my university is also known as the Huskies, but it's not UConn.

 

Any tips for a newbie to this process?

[1bassoon]

GO HUSKIES!!!!

 

(sorry. ahem. We're a little nuts about UConn Basketball. Geno Auriemma. . . . :001_wub:)

 

Anyways.

 

We just finished our first college visit last weekend, and are headed for another next Tuesday. My daughter is a senior, so we're a little bit under the gun. She has a short - very short - list, so it's doable.

 

I got quite a bit of good advice here, but wanted to add that if it's a school your ds is at ALL seriously considering, I'd advise going on an "off" day. We went on an independent visit, and were able to speak candidly with 2 English professors, have a personal tour & meeting with a dance professor, and just sit and discreetly watch the students as they interacted and went about campus. We felt like we were getting the real thing, not a "show", kwim?

 

Other than that, I'm too much of a newbie and have never done a "Rah Rah College Day", as my dd calls them ;) Let us know how it goes!

[Granny_Weatherwax]

DD's number one choice has the Husky for the mascot, too.

 

I wonder how many schools have the Husky as a mascot.

 

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Okay, I had to Google it.

 

University of Connecticut

University of Washington

Northern Illinois University

Michigan Technical University

Edited October 22, 2010 by The Dragon Academy

[MIch elle]

Add another - Northeastern University