Visiting Christendom
| Directions & Lodging | Overnight Policy Form | Visit Request Form |
Students and parents are invited to visit the campus, attend classes, and speak with Christendom faculty and staff. Complimentary meals and lodging are provided for prospective students as guests of the College.
Overnight visitors will stay in one of the residence halls with a student ambassador. Campus visits normally last three days and two nights. (Normally, students arrive on Thursday night/Friday morning and leave Sunday afternoon or Monday morning.) Students who are traveling to Christendom by car should bring sleeping bags or sheets and blankets, as well as towels and pillows, etc. For those who are traveling by plane, towels, sheets, blankets, and pillows will be provided.
Overnight visitors may be required to sleep on an air mattress on the floor of their host's bedroom, or sometimes, the host lets the visitor sleep in his/her bed. The student ambassadors may have obligations including classes, studying, meetings, sporting events, or even work-study obligations, and therefore, visiting students may need to spend some time on their own. Visitors are asked to have a flexible attitude!
Students wishing to visit must fill in the Visit Request Form prior to making travel arrangements! Black out dates are listed on the Visit Request Form for your convenience.
Prospective students may make overnight weekend visits (Thursday or Friday through Sunday or Monday) at any time throughout the spring 2012 semester, other than the following times:
Prior to February 1 / March 3-11 / April 5-9 / after May 1
Prospective students may make day visits or weekday overnight visits to campus any time
throughout the spring semester,
other than the following times:
Prior to January 18 / March 3-11 / April 5-9 / after May 1
PLEASE NOTE: only High School Juniors, Seniors, and Transfers, 16 years or older, may make an overnight visit and stay in our residence halls. All others may make a day visit or stay in local hotels.
Suggested visit weekends for the Spring semester are as follows:
- February 10-12: Planned extra-curricular events are Cup O'Coeli musical performance night, Pub Night (musical performance and game night), and a men's home basketball game.
- February 17-19: Planned events: Mardi Gras Dance
- March 16-19: Planned events: St. Patrick's Day Festivities, St. Joseph's Day Dinner
- March 30-April 1: Planned events: Faculty/Staff vs Students Volleyball game, Coffee House (variety show), Palm Sunday liturgy
- April 20-22: Planned events: Spring Play (TBA)
- April 27-29: Planned events: Mystery Dinner Theater
English Professor Dr. Patrick Keats explains Christendom's academic requirements to visitors.
PLEASE NOTE: The College requests a minimum of a two-week advance notice for any overnight visits. Further, the College requires that you read, complete, and sign its Overnight Visit Policy Form. You will not be allowed to stay overnight without this form.
To make a one-day visit, without overnight stay, please contact the College at least two days beforehand. Parents and family members are welcome to dine in the College cafeteria during their visit for a nominal fee. Lodging is available in Front Royal. Please fill in the Vsit Request Form or call Liz Twaddle in the Admissions Office at (800) 877-5456 ext. 1292, or email her at ltwaddle@christendom.edu to set up a visit. The Admissions Office is open on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except during from 11:30a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (for Mass and lunch).
Students may make day visits to the College anytime throughout the year (with two days notice), and may request to stay overnight on a weekday pretty much whenever it is convenient (with a two week advance notice). Please fill in the Visit Request Form.
Visitors listen to a student panel during
Family Visit Day.
Students who wish to be picked up at either Dulles Airport (IAD) or the Vienna Metro Station will be picked up between 12:00pm-9:00pm M-F and 8:00am-9:00pm on Saturday and Sunday and returned between 12:00pm and 9:00pm M-F and 8:00am-9:00pm Saturday and 2:00pm-9:00pm Sunday. You must make travel arrangements that conform to this schedule or we cannot guarantee transportation for you.
Students may make Weekend Visits most any weekend throughout the academic year (there are a couple of exceptions, though - please see the Visit Request Form for details). Space is limited to around 15 visitors per weekend and spaces are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. These Visit Weekends are free for high school juniors and seniors, and college transfer students. Students who are younger than juniors in high school may only make day visits to campus. Nobody under the age of 16 may stay on campus in the residence halls.
To Make a Visit:
- Look at the College's Student Activities Calendar and see if there is some special event or activity you would like to attend or experience while at Christendom.
- Fill in the Visit Request Form, at least two weeks prior to your planned visit date (if staying overnight) or at least two days prior if making a day visit, making sure that you take note of the black out dates.
- Wait for Visit Coordinator Liz Twaddle to contact you to confirm your visit.
- Make travel arrangements that conform to our schedule (above).
- Sign and return the Overnight Visit Policy Form (if staying overnight).
- Count down the days until your arrival!