<p>Hi Intldad,</p>
<p>My daughter is now at Andover and last year we were new to the BS application and lifestyle. Here’s some things I learned:</p>
<p>Each of the schools on your list are really amazing places which will impress the heck out of you. As impressed as you are though, your kids will be the ones living there and they will pick up some nuances which will lead to a declaration of they ‘like’ it, or not. </p>
<p>Try to do some random wandering around campus and the town. </p>
<p>They won’t always express the underlying reason directly to you, however, if you can be restrained and objective, they will, most likely, open up. </p>
<p>If they have special interests in sports or clubs, see if you can arrange to meet the people involved in them at the prospective schools. </p>
<p>Good luck and enjoy your kids on the trip!</p>