About the event
The November Preview Day follows the same agenda as October’s, with one addition. From 2:15 to 3:30 the Founders Hall high bay is open as an Engineering & Technology lab, where senior design teams run their projects and the foundry crew shows how a sand mold is packed. Prospective engineering students usually stay to the end, and so do their parents.
The timing matters for seniors. Students admitted by December 1 are reviewed in the first round of merit awards, and decisions take about two weeks. Applying on the spot at a Preview Day, which is free, is the practical way to make that date.
Schedule
| Time | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30–9:15 a.m. | Check-in, coffee and cider | Welcome Center (the Depot) |
| 9:15–9:45 a.m. | Welcome from Trudy Solberg, Director of Admissions | Founders Union Great Room |
| 10:00–11:00 a.m. | College sessions | Each college’s building |
| 11:10 a.m.–12:20 p.m. | Student-led tour | Leaves from Founders Union |
| 12:30–1:30 p.m. | Lunch | The Forge, Founders Commons |
| 1:30–2:15 p.m. | Paying for Porter | Founders Union Great Room |
| 2:15–3:30 p.m. | Engineering open lab, or apply on the spot, hall open house or faculty office hours | Founders Hall high bay and elsewhere |
Location and access
Park in Lot D next to the Welcome Center. STEM Saturday runs the same morning, so younger siblings in grades K–8 can spend it building circuits, if their family registered them separately. An accessible shuttle follows the tour loop. Ask for interpreters or accessible transport by Monday, November 9.
Tickets and registration
Free. Register on the visit page or at (715) 555–0144 by Wednesday, November 11. Check the travel grant box if you live 60 or more miles away and money is the obstacle.
Contact and related events
The full scholarship calendar is on scholarship deadlines and priority dates. Your regional counselor may visit your school this fall. See the travel schedule. The next Preview Day is Monday, January 18, 2027.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. This Preview Day, its open lab and its scholarship timing are invented for a fictional university; there is nothing to register for and no merit award to win.