<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tiffany,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We offer visits Monday-Friday at two different times. However, we do try to accommodate Saturday visitors when it has been requested. The visit is different as they will likely not get to meet with faculty and can't attend a class. We still bring in a counselor to meet with them and give them a tour. We also have 3 Saturday large group days that we offer during the school year as well. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">We too have run into families expecting us to be open on the weekend and can be a little irritated when the visit is not able to offer the same things as a Monday-Friday visit can. We just do our best to accommodate in the ways that we can and know that you are not going to make everyone happy. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I can also agree with the comments that Andrew made about setting expectations through communication as best as you can. I also agree that we get feedback from families that students just don't have other options for a visit except for a Saturday because they can't miss a school day due to heavy work loads.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Paula</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Driver, Tiffany <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tjf002@shsu.edu" target="_blank">tjf002@shsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">I wanted to see if I could get some quick feedback regarding Saturday visits. Do any of you offer them? If so, are they the same as your regular weekday visits?
Are offices (Admissions/Financial Aid, etc.) open? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">A little background information: we host tours Monday- Friday at 3 different times. We have a biannual campus preview day (on a Saturday) but other than that,
we are not open on the weekends. We have a family coming from out of state and can only be here on a Saturday (that is not our campus preview day) and we are doing our best to accommodate them however, they are upset that the university offices are not open.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">I did suggest contacting offices they needed to speak to during regular business hours in case they had specific questions, but again, the expectation was
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">…just wanted to get some quick feedback about weekend visits and/or if you make exceptions for Saturday visits when there doesn’t seem to be another option
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">Please let me know… thanks so much for your help!
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