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Make the Most Out of Open Days – Visiting Your

Prospect Universities

Open days – this is the time of sheer excitement when universities try to present themselves in the best light as well as outshine their competitors. However, aside from the universities, the experience during open days is useful for parents and more importantly, the students themselves.

Today, open days have become more important than the universities, with students checking out an extensive list of universities. Before, they only visit 2 or 3 but these days, it has increased to 6 or 7. There are even instances when they visit one university over and over again, like they are newlyweds searching for their very first home.

The open days are now more professional than ever. They have been deconstructed, with universities thinking about each point of “experience,” starting from arriving, up to parking, as well as meeting the ambassador guides, with the entire staff being fully briefed on the possible questions and the like.

Visiting universities during open days can be very thrilling and to make the most out of this exciting experience, there are things that you need to do for it to be a great day.

 Never forget the postcode. This thing is very easy to do but

unfortunately, many tend to forget it, thus ruining their experience

during open days.

 While your antennae might be sharper if you attend the open day all

on your own, it might still be useful if there is another set of watchful

eyes to observe the environment and check if it will be suitable for

you or not.

 Is the area something that you can stand? Open days are not solely

about your chosen course because these things can be easily searched

online. More importantly, these events are about whether or not you

can live and stay in one place for several years. Try to imagine how it

feels to be there when the rain is pouring heavily or when the sun is

too scorching up in the sky.

 How about the accommodation? Is it properly allocated? What will

happen after your initial year? What are the best halls and which are

those that are simply worth avoiding?

 If you will use the open days for shortlisting your university choices,

ask yourself if you will really be enrolling there once you get an offer.

Never choose a “safety” that you will regret in the end.

 Make sure that you get your questions ready, although many of them

will not really be answered if you will ask around and you have more

chances of getting them solved when you check the university site, but

still. Who are the teachers of undergraduates – post-grads or

professors? What are used for assessing the course? Is it by

coursework, class participation, coursework or exams only? These are only some of the things that you might want to take into consideration when you visit your prospect universities on their open days. Keep them in mind in order to make the most out of this visit and for you to come up with the best decision in the end.