Monday at TCU attracts new prospects
Program gets mixed reviews from admissions staff
By David Reese
Skiff Reporter

Monday at TCU can offer many benefits to prospective students, yet the large number of attendees can make the program a bit impersonal, said Ray Brown, dean of admissions.
“TCU does not do its best work with big numbers,” Brown said.

Micah Marin, an admissions counselor and coordinator of Monday at TCU, said if prospective students take only one visit to the campus it should be through this program.

Marin said that approximately 1,600 to 1,700 potential students visit the campus through this program each year. He said the majority of the visiting students have already applied and about 35 percent or 600 of the visitors will attend TCU.

Marin, who is a TCU graduate, said the Monday at TCU program can help potential students see every facet of the TCU campus and get a better feel for the university. Marin said when he visited TCU through the program in 1993, he already had a football scholarship to Stanford. After his visit, he decided that TCU was the place he had to be.

Although Marin and Brown do not agree on the exact benefits that prospective students receive through the program, both have said that Monday at TCU is a big success.
Brown said the program offers many benefits to the prospective students, such as getting them on campus to view the TCU community in action.

Marin said the cost of the program is $45,000 per year, yet the program is free of charge to the prospective students.

“If two of the potential students enroll, it pays for the program and with nearly 600 of them attending, the university increases their revenue,” he said.

Marin said the program includes many of the available opportunities on the TCU campus. The program begins at 8:30 a.m. with a morning snack and a tour of the campus. After the tour, students and parents have the opportunity to attend three sessions about various topics including admissions and financial aid.

After the sessions, the visitors eat lunch and listen to three student speakers talk about their experiences at TCU in the Student Center Ballroom. Males tour Clark and Milton Daniel Residence Halls while females visit Colby and Sherley Residence Halls.

In the afternoon, prospective students visit their possible academic colleges to learn about their major.

When the program ends at 3:30 p.m., there is an optional session for those who might be interested in the Greek system at TCU.

David Reese
d.w.reese@student.tcu.edu

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