Advice about college visits

bestshot
Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:32:23 +0000

I’m probably not in the majority, but I would be cautious about relying on first impressions. In some cases, one’s “gut” is right on; in others, it’s based on fairly superficial factors (“prettiness”) or the luck of the draw. On one of our “major” stops our first term freshman tour leader came across as incredibly pretentious and was very condescending about “straight” acting students vs. MT. This left a “not so great” taste for a program which I know from others to be top notch… The school and student develop a relationship and that takes time. Look at the curriculum and the faculty. You can live in any conditions (at least for a time) when you’re learning and engaged in what you love…