This past weekend more than one thousand prospective freshmen, lovingly known as ProFros, got their first taste of Stanford life at the University’s annual Admit Weekend. According to several ProFros with whom The Daily spoke, their experiences at Admit Weekend played a large role in their decision to attend Stanford.

Out of the many activities Stanford arranged for the ProFros, the Academic Expos were very popular.

“The Academic Expos were a great way to hear a lecture from a professor who could potentially be your professor next year, and to meet other ProFros with similar academic interests,” said Lauren Platt of San Diego, CA, who stayed in Otero during the weekend.

For Caitlin Gerrity of Bellevue, WA, the weekend made her optimistic about her future freshman dorm experience.

“Most valuable to me was something I hadn’t really expected,” Gerrity said in an email. “I figured out that the kind of housing I originally thought I’d like (quiet, small, co-ed by floor, potentially four-class) is definitely not what I actually prefer, and so I’m much more confident that my freshman dorm experience will be good. I’m now thinking medium-large, co-ed by room, all frosh (or mostly frosh) and louder.”

Sugoon Fucharoen of Thailand, who stayed in FroSoCo, said in an email that he “really felt at home [at Stanford].”

This notion, reflected in many other ProFros’ reactions to Admit Weekend, is what, as Kauanoe Batangan of Hawaii said, will “[seal] the deal” and “make these new students confident in choosing Stanford.”

“Admit Weekend sealed the deal,” an excited Batangan said in a phone interview.

Batangan said he was previously 95 percent sure he would accept Stanford’s offer, but that after staying in Muwekma-Tah-Ruk for the weekend, he enrolled as soon as he got home.

Gerrity said that during her stay in Naranja, she “liked hanging out with current students — at meals or in the dorms — and relaxing on campus to get a feel for it.”

For Edgar Navarro of Salinas, CA, who spent the weekend in Twain and Roble, the best part of the weekend was “meeting potential classmates and exploring the campus.”

“The RoHos were great and friendly, and I enjoyed all the activities Stanford had set up for us,” Navarro said.

To some ProFros, however, the weekend was not without fault.

“I wish we had bikes to use just for that weekend,” Gerrity said. “My four to five trips daily between Naranja and Donner, plus other walking and fountain hopping (also in new flip flops), had me tired by the end of the day and I think has given me an inaccurate perception of how large campus is.”

“I have this idea that it is huge and somewhat unmanageable, but I know this won’t be true as soon as I have a longboard or bike,” she added.

When asked what, if anything, he did not like about Admit Weekend, Batangan had a difficult time answering.

“That’s a tough one,” he said. “I guess that I couldn’t do everything I wanted to, and I couldn’t attend all of the activities. I wish there was more time.”