STARS Counselor Tour

Before You Arrive

• A few days before your visit, you will receive an email from WashU and Uber providing information on accessing your free transportation between the St. Louis Lambert International Airport and your hotel, which is located on WashU’s campus. Details can be found here: Uber Travel Instructions
• If you’re traveling by car to St. Louis, we will reimburse you for the mileage of a roundtrip visit from your home address to WashU. The IRS standard mileage rate is currently 70 cents per mile. Reimbursement will cover cost up to that of a roundtrip flight from your nearest airport.
• If you are traveling to St. Louis via plane, please work with your airline first should you experience delays or cancellations. If your flight has been canceled and you don’t have something rescheduled from the airline, please call World Travel at 1-800-251-9047. After rebooking on a new flight, please text or call Dacoda Scarlett at 417-576-4993 with your new arrival details.
• Upon your arrival in St. Louis feel free to check into the hotel, the Charles F. Knight Center, on Throop Drive & Snow Way Drive. This is the hotel for all counselors, no matter your arrival date.
• For those arriving early on Sunday, March 2: Undergraduate Admissions staff will be present in the Knight Center lobby to check you in, provide information about optional social activities that evening, and hand out welcome materials. We hope you will join us for an optional dinner at Barrio on DeMun at 6:00 PM.
• For those arriving the morning of Monday, March 3: We ask that you travel directly to the Knight Center. Once there, you will check into both the hotel and the program. Undergraduate Admissions staff will be present in the Knight Center lobby to provide information about next steps.
• We ask that all counselors arriving prior to 11:00 A.M. on Monday, March 3 meet Undergraduate Admission staff in the Knight Center lobby at 11:30 A.M. to walk to the Welcome Lunch.
• Shuttle transportation will be provided for the remainder of March 3 through the end of the program, until your departure from Vanderbilt March 5.
• As the itineraries detail, this program will include a combination of professional development, networking, and social activities. Please keep this in mind when determining what to pack. For the program events, we recommend packing business casual attire and wearing comfortable shoes since we will be walking across both campuses.
• Lastly, we hope you’ll join our STARS Counselor Tour with Vanderbilt & WashU GroupMe so that you can stay informed and build community during the program!  

Itineraries

Meet the counselor visit team

If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Napier at j.napier@wustl.edu or 314-935-8226.