Colleges you/child crossed off the list after visiting

[Snowdog]

^ You disdained Stanford for its short cold days?

[MomofWildChild]

^^ Really! Did Stanford move?

[wis75]

Somehow conducting admissions interviews at any school does not sound like the pinnacle of success to me, more like an average, 50% student. There are elite school grads who have same jobs, however, so it doesn't mean you wouldn't be doing the same thing if you had attended a more elite school than you did or are associated with.

[laurendog]

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

Unless I'm missing something, Stanford has some of the best weather in the country.

However, I do admire the poster's position that they rejected every ivy league school due to the weather. That's not a bad rap.....

[emberjed]

I crossed off Cincinatti. I didn't hate it, exactly, but... eh.

[Oura54]

Union! During the information session, the assistant dean of admissions always and obviously snubbed my S! ( ? Imagination). I arrived to the session after we had our tour, later than my S, in order to bring him his sports jacket in preparation for the interview. I therefore sat in the back of the session while my son was in second row. As she included most other students ( actually all other students ) during here dialog I felt like she just bypassed him. Maybe I missed earlier exchanges and he was already included? On the way home he stated he felt the same vibes from her! ( it was fairly obvious and who knows why?) . So my son sent a hand written thank you note to the interviewer ( apparently went well but according to my S he wrote nothing down). Never received a response! So Union is gone! Anyone have a remotely similar experience or vibe?
A fairly rude experience I must say!

[kolijma]

Oura54, there's no justification for rudeness during an information session. However, my kids wrote thank you notes for every interview and never received a response. It's a thank you note. I also don't think it's unusual for the interviewer to have a conversation with the interviewee without taking notes. For many colleges interviews are not considered for admissions, but the fact that you had one is a point in the column that this student is really interested in their school. The interviewer may very well write notes after the interview.

[Oura54]

@kolijma ... Thank you! You are correct regarding thank you notes and also styles of interviewers ( writing vs not writing anything down). It was just that the above scenario all came together and since we had received responses from other interviewers it all seemed much different. However individually ( except for the info session) the rest is style and coincidence. Thanks again.

[chalkboard2010]

Child #2
Northeastern - Undeclared major, not focused enough to go there
Yale - Not broad enough; not a good fit

Child #1
UMass Amherst - not impressed
Clark - not a good fit
Boston Conservatory - not a good fit

[stradmom]

As she included most other students ( actually all other students ) during here dialog I felt like she just bypassed him.

My middle daughter is quite petite and was routinely overlooked (no pun intended!) by admissions staff and tour guides. Since she was quite introverted at the time, she rarely spoke up, but I often found myself irritated by the situation. (In fairness, she preferred this situation to one where she was the only student on the tour and therefore forced to interact with the tour guide throughout!)

[amandakayak]

Harvard - crossed off within first 5 minutes, soo many people, so much construction and we were instructed to not videotape because some video made its way to youtube and put them in a bad light? even in room where info session was held (Sanders Theater) people were told no photography allowed, even made that point in midst of info session talk.

[emilybee]

"Oura54, there's no justification for rudeness during an information session. However, my kids wrote thank you notes for every interview and never received a response."

Wow, my son got responses from every interviewer he wrote a thank-you note to. One even wrote how she hoped the college makes the right choice and admits him. Which they did and where he now attends.

[barrons]

The idea of having to write a thank you note for a thank you note is silly. In most cases the interviewer is doing it for free as a favor to the school. Thanking him/her should be the end of it. Now you want them to write back too? You won't get a thank you back when you thank somebody for a job interview either.

[erlanger]

"vicarious visit" has one school off our list . . . We have a friend in the class above who is getting ready to go to NYU. She has no dorm assignment (the school says:: we'll' find somethng but it may not be with other freshman) and she didn't get any of her course selections although she registered right on time. Information has been impersonal and calls to the school have been handled without "tlc." She is miffed and feeling like a number.

[tomofboston]

Information has been impersonal and calls to the school have been handled without "tlc." She is miffed and feeling like a number.

If she had read CC, she would not have been surprised. And they charge $44,000 for the privilege!