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College Reps & Camps Visits
More than 100 colleges and universities send admission representatives to De Smet to speak with students and answer their questions. The presentations are a convenient way for students to establish contact with an admission office and to learn more about the school and its application procedures. Students should attend several meetings to learn what admission officers seek in prospective applicants.
In many cases, the representative will be one of several reading applications from De Smet and contributing to the decisions made by the admission office. Students are permitted to miss class for meetings with college representatives, as long as the student:
- Signs up in advance in the College Counseling Office;
- Informs his teacher before the meeting takes place;
- Is not excessive in missing class for the meetings.
- Students may not be able to attend a meeting during a class period in which a test is scheduled.
Participants are asked to have some knowledge of the school to elicit informed, intelligent questions and a good impression. Location for the meetings are generally held in the Counseling Center with a few selected schools held in other locations.
NOTE -- A LISTING OF THE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES THAT WILL BE VISITING DE SMET WILL BE POSTED ON THE DE SMET CALENDAR OF EVENTS. THIS WILL UPDATED AS THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES CONFIRM VISITS.
CAMPUS VISITS -- Before students become serious about attending any school, it is very important that they spend some time there to "get a feel for the place." Spring break, summer vacation, and weekends are good times for you to visit campuses with family members. All admission offices offer campus tours and information sessions for prospective students. Prior to a decision, students should revisit schools in which they are most interested at a time when classes are in session. Most college admission offices will help arrange for a prospective student to spend a night in a dorm, attend classes, and eat in the cafeteria.
Visit campuses with a critical eye and do your homework on the school before you go. When visiting a college, try to simulate as best you can what life there will be like.
How large are the freshman classes?
Do you like the food and the dorms?
What information can you learn from the flyers posted around campus or the school newspaper?
How are people dressed?
How far to you have to walk to get to classes?
Do the people walking around look happy?
Mr. DeGreeff in the College Counseling Office can assist in putting students in contact with a De Smet graduate at the college, if there is one.
See Mr. DeGreeff for a list of typical questions to ask students and administration during a campus visit. De Smet allows seniors to miss two (2) school days to visit colleges. The necessary permission forms are available in the College Counseling Office. Always call the admission office(s) in advance to find out the times of tours and information sessions. You can get the names of contact people and phone numbers in the College Counseling Office.
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