How do you afford all those college visits?

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<p>Youdon’tsay,</p>

<p>Financial considerations do make these luxuries. The URM status and perhaps athletic status may open doors for your son though.</p>

<p>Riverrunner’s suggestion to research athletic recruiting is excellent. D1 schools offer paid official visits. Some D3 schools have athletic open houses where they might pay for a diversity recruit to visit as part of their diversity outreach program.</p>

<p>Also, try researching diversity recruitment or diversity weekends. In my CC reading, I’ve come across Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore as offering them early in the Fall. While it doesn’t apply to our family, S’s friend was recruited for diversity weekends based on his Hispanic ethnicity checked on PSATs. </p>

<p>Okay, so here is what I found on CC: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/390010-diversity-visiting-weekends.html?highlight=diversity+weekends[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/390010-diversity-visiting-weekends.html?highlight=diversity+weekends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There are quite a few colleges that offer them. Happy searching.</p>