Advice about college visits

Mikksmom
Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:06:30 +0000

I have had this same discussion as well. Actually I guess we reached a compromise - I agreed to take my D to campuses within driving distance if it fit into the schedule but the ones that were far were not getting a pre-visit.

For us, this means we saw a very near one on a Friday, and we are visiting Elon and Shenandoah on the way to our family vacation this week. She spent the summer at NYU and has already spent time on the campus at Penn State with Science Fair in middle school. So that leaves a very few she hasnt seen.

Our discussion centered around whether or not she could adapt to different surroundings. She is an adaptable person so she decided that programs of study were more important to her than physical surroundings.

So, our decision was to see about 50% due to geography. I didnt like the feeling of relying only on auditions either (I agree- seems negative).

Hoep that helps!
MikksMom