This posting is specifically for juniors/sophomores who met our admission counselor in Northern California earlier this month... Unfortunately, his car was broken into while he was in California and along with losing some viewbooks and his Providence College banner, all of the completed inquiry cards were also in the bag that was stolen. The cards were from students that attended one of the following fairs:

San Francisco NACAC National College Fair (Thursday 4/17)
East Bay WACAC College Fair/Cal State- Hayward (Monday 4/21)
North Bay WACAC College Fair/Sonoma State (Tuesday 4/22)
Marin County WACAC College Fair/Dominican (Wednesday 4/23)
Santa Clara WACAC College Fair/Mission College (Thursday 4/24)

If you attended one of these fairs, we'd ask that you fill out our online inquiry form to join our mail/e-mail list and receive information from us. Thanks for your interest in PC - and of course, feel free to come to these blog pages to have any of your questions answered!

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...which means we are answering a lot of last-minute questions from high school seniors who have been invited to PC and are making their final decisions about where to spend their next four years...

For students who are on the waiting list, please continue to keep an eye on the e-mail address you provided us for the latest updates... We are still unsure if there will be spaces available from the waiting list - so many students make their college decisions during this final week of April that we likely won't know until after May 1 if we will go to the waiting list.

I also want to take the time to send out a huge THANK YOU to our Admission Ambassadors, who have done a fantastic job volunteering in the Office of Admission this year... To the 30+ graduating seniors, we will miss each and every one of you and our entire office is truly grateful to countless hours you have spent serving PC over the past years... Good luck to all of you with your post-PC plans!!!!

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There's no other place quite like a college campus in the springtime... With the warm weather, our campus is so alive with activity - frisbees flying on the quad, students studying on Slavin Lawn, and yes, even professors holding class outside:

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As Athletic Director Bob Driscoll put it at yesterday's press conference, "It's a great day to be a Friar!" The PC community welcomed our new men's basketball coach, 36-year-old National Coach of the Year Keno Davis, to Friartown yesterday afternoon in Mullaney Gymnasium. Coach Davis comes to PC after leading Drake University to a 28-5 record, conference title, and NCAA Tournament bid during the 2007-08 season.

Get the full story on our athletics website!

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Today is April 15 - halfway through the month, meaning we are getting closer and closer to the reply deadline of May 1... when the students we have invited to PC's Class of 2012 have to let us know if they will be attending.

For all of the seniors out there, I know this is a stressful time, as you try to decide which college or university you will be spending your next four years at. As you continue to narrow down your choices, please feel free to turn to our admission staff or students to answer any questions you may have about PC. As always, you can certainly post your questions here on my blog or feel free to e-mail your specific admission counselor directly - you can find your counselor on the Contact Our Office page of this website.

If you have questions that you would like a student perspective on, I encourage you to be in touch with one of our student bloggers, Liz or Kaitlin. Both are nearing the end of their freshman year, and are great resources if you have questions about academics, student life, housing, or any other part of the freshman year experience at PC.

We also have put together a new Class of 2012 FAQ page on the website, so even if you don't have specific questions, you can see the answers to some frequently asked questions that other students and families are asking.

Finally, you are more than welcome to come visit campus again - I know many of you have already been on a tour and been to a Group Information Session, but we certainly do invite you back if you feel you need one last look. Tours continue to run Monday through Friday at 9:30, 11:30, and 2:30 and on Saturdays at 11:30 and 2:30... This week looks to be a very nice one weather-wise, which makes it a great time to walk around a college campus.

Again, I wish you the best of luck as you make your final decision about where to spend your next four years, and hope that for many of you that place is here at PC. I look forward to hearing from you if you have questions over the next couple of weeks!

*Scott

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To all of our accepted students and families who attended Family Day 2008 this weekend - thanks for coming! Saturday's sunshine just proves once again that you can't always trust the weather reports. We kept hearing last week about the 1-2 inches of rain we'd be receiving on Saturday, but instead, the weather turned out to be great!! For those of you who couldn't make it this weekend, here's the Family Day recap - in pictures...

The calm before the storm, so to speak... This is Friday afternoon after the Family Day setup of Mullaney Gymnasium was complete.

That's the "before" picture - here's are the "during" shots...

Many thanks to all the members of our campus community who took part in Family Day activities - faculty, staff, and students all helped out in so many ways. Special thanks to members of the Admission Ambassadors and Friars Club, who helped to keep things very organized, even with the large crowd.

Two of our Ambassadors, Erin and Maura, posing with members of the Admission staff...

...and then doing their thing - pointing out the sights on campus during a "trolley tour."

Here are those faculty and staff members I was talking about... representing every academic department and office on campus, and answering questions from our prospective families:

Prospective PC students exploring their potential new home:

Once again, I hope that all of you who visited Saturday enjoyed your experience and had many of your PC questions answered. Congratulations to those of you who stopped by the Office of Admission with your Enrollment Reservation Form - and welcome to the Class of 2012!!

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These are the smiling faces of part of our 2008 Admission Ambassador Relay team, which spent last weekend raising money - and doing a lot of walking - at the American Cancer Society Relay for Life that took place in Peterson Recreation Center on campus.

A big thank you to all of our Ambassadors - and admission counselors - who gave up some sleep for a great cause!!

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To our students accepted to PC during the Regular Decision process: Need-based financial aid awards will be released by the end of the day Thursday (4/3). The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship awards will also be mailed by Thursday afternoon.

If you applied for need-based financial aid (submitted the CSS Profile and FAFSA forms by the appropriate deadlines), and you do not receive your aid package by the end of NEXT week, please contact our Office of Financial Aid.

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