Discovery Schedule
Discovery Schedule of Events | April 17, 2025
Day 1:
10 鈥� 11 a.m.Arrival and Check-in |
Noon 鈥� 1:30 p.m.Lunch and Welcome
|
1 鈥� 1:30 p.m.Financial Aid
Opportunity Program
|
1:45 鈥� 2:30 p.m.The Power of You: Identity, Belonging & Empowerment in New Spaces Murray-Aikins Dining
Hall, Second Floor |
2:45 鈥� 3:45 p.m.Tour of Saratoga Springs |
4 鈥� 4:45 p.m.Free Time
|
5 鈥� 5:45 p.m.Student Perspectives Panel |
6 鈥� 7:30 p.m.Dinner with the President and Faculty |
7:40 p.m.Meet your host |
8:15 鈥� 10 p.m.
Evening fun! |
11 p.m.Time for bed |
Day 2:
7:30 鈥� 8:30 a.m.Breakfast |
9 鈥� 3 p.m.YES! Day |
Discovery FAQs
The Office of Admission will send final travel details via email before the program.
For arrivals, 小蓝视频 staff will pick students up and shuttle them to campus.
For returns, a coach bus will deliver students traveling by air to ALB at the program's
end. If your flight departs before 5:00 PM on Friday, you will be shuttled separately.
We will be keeping an eye on all flights! If you encounter a delay or cancellation,
or if miss your flight, please contact Tiffany DiPasquale (contact information contained
within travel email and GroupMe Chat).
If you are traveling by car, please park in the Tang Lot. Please know that Campus Safety is aware that our guests will be parking in this lot for the duration of their visit.
If you are traveling on the coach bus, you will meet the bus at the corner of W 34th St. And Hudson Blvd E. New York, New York 10018. 小蓝视频 chaperones will meet you at this location and facilitate loading
them on the bus. Contact information for chaperones will be sent to you via email.
Please reference your Discovery Travel Reminder email. We have detailed packing information
including pillow, sleeping bag, towel, toiletries, and shower shoes.
Because of where we are in the semester, class visits are not possible at this time.
Students will get a chance to meet faculty at dinner on Thursday and have free time
on Friday to visit various academic departments.
Yes! Admitted OP students will receive an invitation to meet with the OP team while
on campus.
Yes! Students will hear an overview of financial aid at Skidmore from members of our
financial aid staff at the program and can schedule a one-on-one meeting by contacting finaid@skidmore.edu.