College Selection / Touring Timeline?

Jensmom27
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 05:39:21 +0000

We went to look at some nearby colleges in the fall of junior year, just to get a general sense of what type/size of college my D thought she might like to learn and live in. I’m very glad we didn’t begin earlier. By fall of senior year, one year later, she was really tired of thinking about, talking about and hearing about college. She began to look at websites and guides around that time, and we took a more formal and directed tour of colleges that were of interest to her during spring break of junior year. By that time we had a decent snapshot of her grades and test scores as well as a clear picture of our finances, so she could really target some realistic choices to go look at.

The type of contact depends on the specific school. You can look at the common data set for each school and see if “level of applicants interest” is important to them or not. If it is, touring is a great way to show interest. If that’s not possible, there are other ways, starting with having your student sign up on their website for information.