College List with no Visits?

SchoolNews
Tue, 01 Sep 2020 11:52:56 +0000

Anyone else struggling to help their seniors form college lists in the age of COVID? Pre pandemic we only visited a couple schools near by just to get a sense of a tour. Have sat through endless online info sessions and virtual tours, but nothing is clicking. Have flipped through websites. Has anything helped your family?

I really wanted my son to be able to walk the campus of a large university to get a sense for HOW large 30k+ students really is. Wanted him to sit in a huge lecture hall class just to sense if it felt right. Wanted to take him to some parts of the country that are very different from our home to see if he can envision himself spending 4 yrs somewhere remote, or rural, or in a suburb, etc. This is a HUGE investment. It just does not feel right to commit so much when you can’t visit.