Visit Tips

Planning Your Visit

  • Come on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday to experience chapel.
  • Plan on staying overnight in a residence hall.
  • Bring a friend!

The Admissions Office

  • Say hello to Kathy, Barb and Chelsee and ask them anything you want!
  • Make yourself a caramel mocha: 1 cup of coffee, 1 packet of hot chocolate mix, and 2 squirts of caramel syrup.
  • Look at the notebook of student staff profiles. You'll run into these people throughout the day! 

Your Interview

  • There's no need to wear your fanciest Prom dress or your newly dry-cleaned 3-piece suit; wear whatever you are most comfortable in!
  • Relax and be yourself!  It's an informal time that allows the counselors to get to know you better.

Your Financial Aid Meeting

  • Laugh at ALL of Ken Taylor's jokes.  He needs all the encouragement he can get.

Your Tour

  • The CREW members will walk backwards.  Be sure to keep up with them, but if you walk too fast, you'll invade their personal walking space necessary for a good tour! 
  • Tell the CREW members your areas of interest, and they will point out important spots for you along the way.
  • Ask questions!

The Dining Commons

  • Meet Barb... she will take your lunch ticket
  • Do your best not to be overwhelmed.  Feel free to explore and eat as much as you want! 
  • Check out what the Specialty Bar has to offer.
  • Ask a student what their favorite DC creation is (like an Oreo-Mocha-Milkshake or rice krispie treats) and try to make it! 
  • Be sure to get a DC mint on your way out.

The Rest of Your Day

  • Explore the campus!  Check out the buildings you didn't see on the tour. 
  • Really sing during chapel. Worship is amazing.
  • Visit each Residence Hall and ask the front desk worker to see a room. 
  • Meet with a professor and ask questions about their department.
  • Sit in on a class.   
  • Get your picture taken with the Sammy statues!

During the Evening

  • Go to a sporting event.
  • Get something to drink at the Jumping Bean, our campus coffee shop.
  • Visit Ivanhoes and choose one of their 100 milkshakes or 100 sundaes!
  • Check out any campus activities planned for the night.

In a Residence Hall

  • Ask someone about the residence hall's traditions.
  • Go to events with the people you are staying with... they know what is going on around campus!
  • Ask tough questions and expect honest answers!