Advice about college visits

notfromme
Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:27:13 +0000

At the beginning of our process we did the campus tours, but later we realized that our d would be basically living at the theater! So, I contacted the theater department and set up a time to sit and talk and we walked the campus. My suggestion is to visit as many campuses as you can…even if you “drop in”…we did that to a major university, and they took time to give us a “quick” tour and information about their program. It left a good impression with me when someone would take time for a “drop in”! We found most schools were very willing to work around our schedule. Just remember…this is the phase of the process where YOU are doing the selection!!! In my mind I always had the thought: Tell me why I should let you have MY daughter!!
I still say that you will know…We would all walk away with a good or a not so good feeling. If it was a “welllllll…I don’t know”, it stayed on the audition list. There was no uniformity to her choices either: some were consevatories, some were universities, some in small towns, some in major cities…so do not rule anything out.
Good luck…have fun and enjoy the adventure! It is hard to believe that part of the journey is behind us, and we will be moving our d to school in two weeks…time flies…too quickly…sigh.