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WellsB9

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I received the parent agenda for CVW. Is it safe to assume you need to attend all presentations listed on the agenda (I’ll have my other child with me)? I also noticed approx a 2 hour break for lunch. Is there somewhere to go to purchase lunch at that time? I’m guessing we remain on campus but it’s not completely clear to me.
Thank you in advance! Excited and nervous.
 
WellsB9 said:
I received the parent agenda for CVW. Is it safe to assume you need to attend all presentations listed on the agenda (I’ll have my other child with me)? I also noticed approx a 2 hour break for lunch. Is there somewhere to go to purchase lunch at that time? I’m guessing we remain on campus but it’s not completely clear to me.
Thank you in advance! Excited and nervous.
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I would attend everything that USNA offers! It is a great experience - you can walk off the yard and go eat in downtown Annapolis - lots of places to have lunch!!!
 
You can pick and choose sessions to attend, but I found them all worthwhile and informative. We skipped out on the tour because we’d done it numerous times on past visits. While a SA path isn’t the road for my younger DD she still found the sessions informative. Dry dock at Dahlgreen Hall was the most convenient spot to grab lunch during the break.
 
There is no attendance taken and no one will know what you attend or don't but most of them were helpful. I skipped one of the afternoon sessions but went to everything else. Definitely be sure to take the tour if you've never been there before. It's absolutely stunning.
 
WellsB9 said:
I received the parent agenda for CVW. Is it safe to assume you need to attend all presentations listed on the agenda (I’ll have my other child with me)? I also noticed approx a 2 hour break for lunch. Is there somewhere to go to purchase lunch at that time? I’m guessing we remain on campus but it’s not completely clear to me.
Thank you in advance! Excited and nervous.
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All of the sessions are led by different individuals- admissions, academic advising, current mids, etc so the topics covered are different, the insight given is different, and the questions asked will vary. We ate lunch at Dahlgren Hall, but you could easily head out to downtown Annapolis, too.
 
We ate lunch at the Iron Rooster, always a nice simple place to stop in. You can attend any or all of the sessions you want. We liked the midshipmen panel, that was probably the best of the bunch. And I liked the tour - I've toured USNA many times before, but on this tour we got to see King Hall (dining hall) as well as the Field House - I don't think the regular tours take you in those places. We made a little vacation of it - nice dropping DS off on Thursday night and then getting a few days (well, rest of Thursday night, Friday, and early Saturday morning) to ourselves.
 
I recommend the tour even if you have done a public tour in the past! The guide takes you a few places that public tours do not get to see. If you have time to stop by the museum on your own, it’s amazing. There is also a cafe that sells sandwiches, etc in the library. The program USNA puts on for parents is great from start to finish.
 
MMM3 said:
I recommend the tour even if you have done a public tour in the past! The guide takes you a few places that public tours do not get to see. If you have time to stop by the museum on your own, it’s amazing. There is also a cafe that sells sandwiches, etc in the library. The program USNA puts on for parents is great from start to finish.
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Despite generations of visiting the academy and living in Annapolis, we really enjoyed touring the academic buildings, going inside the simulators, and speaking to several of the professors.
 
We ate in the library cafe and then walked around the campus. It is beautiful! Other people had children with them as well. Very informative and students, staff, and admin were willing to answer any question - but please don't be that parent that is bragging on their child with every question they ask
 
USMCfam said:
Despite generations of visiting the academy and living in Annapolis, we really enjoyed touring the academic buildings, going inside the simulators, and speaking to several of the professors.
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And seeing King Hall! The size of that cafeteria, and how quickly they feed 1000s of mids, is pretty amazing:)
 
Middle of nowhere said:
We ate in the library cafe and then walked around the campus. It is beautiful! Other people had children with them as well. Very informative and students, staff, and admin were willing to answer any question - but please don't be that parent that is bragging on their child with every question they ask
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My favorite so far (at test optional schools) - "Should my kid submit his 1500 test score?"
 
MMM3 said:
I recommend the tour even if you have done a public tour in the past! The guide takes you a few places that public tours do not get to see. If you have time to stop by the museum on your own, it’s amazing. There is also a cafe that sells sandwiches, etc in the library. The program USNA puts on for parents is great from start to finish.
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The tour for parents is different from the tour given to parents during the Summer Seminar? We got to see their dorms but I don’t recall visiting cafeteria or going inside simulators.
 
mspeachintexas said:
The tour for parents is different from the tour given to parents during the Summer Seminar? We got to see their dorms but I don’t recall visiting cafeteria or going inside simulators.
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The tour my husband and I did during summer seminar was the tour open to the general public that you check in for near the gift store. That tour did not include a number of things I saw during the tour that was specifically for the parents of students at Candidate Visit Weekend.
 
Re: food options - If you walk out gate 1 (near the visitor's center, most likely where you will come in) there are lots of restaurants to choose from within a 5-15 min walk of Gate 1. Multiple sandwich shops, a old fashioned hot dog place, ice cream shops, several fast-food chains, taco places, sushi, burgers and a large variety of casual dining places, as well as some fine dinning establishments that serve lunch.

Drydock is closed for renovations until 2024.
 
Since we did not have a background with SAs and it was our first time to the Yard, we attended all briefings and tours. The information/experience was very valuable. Ordered lunch at The Alley, took our food outside and sat at a table to enjoy the beautiful spring day as well as watch the people activity. A wise parent with older kids shared a tip to observe interactions on the quad during college tours - a different experience at civilian colleges but it was still informative to see Mids in their daily activity. Some out running during the post-lunch break, others headed to chapel, walking in groups to class, etc.

A note on having another child on tour, not sure the age of your child but there were some youngers in the presentations who were not excited to sit through another session. Lots of handoffs between parents to go in the hall for a bit, etc. We have youngers that stayed back so I understand the struggle. Recommend a plan for activities to quietly do during the presentations (load up the iPad, check headphones in advance, activity books, etc.). Sit in the back row if they will be happier sitting on the floor behind you with their books or cars spread out. During the lunch break plan something to help them burn off energy before they are back inside the auditorium. Pack favorite snacks for them to eat in the hall or outside between sessions (you won't see many vending machines).
 
Middle of nowhere said:
We ate in the library cafe and then walked around the campus. It is beautiful! Other people had children with them as well. Very informative and students, staff, and admin were willing to answer any question - but please don't be that parent that is bragging on their child with every question they ask
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Holden100 said:
My favorite so far (at test optional schools) - "Should my kid submit his 1500 test score?"
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Yes!! We're all there to hear the information but the "So, my son is valedictorian, walks on water, has been personally working on a cure for cancer and is on all of the varsity teams in existence, can you recommend whether he should focus on his charity foundation to help deaf blind orphans or the work he's been doing building homes for villages in 3rd world countries in his personal statement?" and the "My daughter literally just solved world hunger, but only had time to play 6 varsity sports due to her 16 AP classes, will this be held against her? I should mention that she got a 1550 on her SATs but we're getting her a tutor to try again because we think she was distracted by the world hunger thing the first time around."
 
SnootyHen said:
Yes!! We're all there to hear the information but the "So, my son is valedictorian, walks on water, has been personally working on a cure for cancer and is on all of the varsity teams in existence, can you recommend whether he should focus on his charity foundation to help deaf blind orphans or the work he's been doing building homes for villages in 3rd world countries in his personal statement?" and the "My daughter literally just solved world hunger, but only had time to play 6 varsity sports due to her 16 AP classes, will this be held against her? I should mention that she got a 1550 on her SATs but we're getting her a tutor to try again because we think she was distracted by the world hunger thing the first time around."
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I started to raise my hand once to ask about the 17 year olds who haven't figured out their passion for how to save the world, but DS gave me the serious stink eye to lower my hand.
 
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