Colleges your child crossed off the list after visiting, schools that moved up on the list. Why? (NO REPLIES)

We visited 2 mid-western schools over spring break.

Northwestern – UP – Kid liked it more than they expected to. The campus was decent sized, but also seemed cozy. Tour guide got a few friends walking past saying hi, which made C25 feel more like they might have the same sort of experience. Lots of opportunities for affinity groups and clubs and flexibility of changing majors if something new appears on the academic radar.

UW-Madison – DOWN – campus was really large, and has a lot of heavily traveled streets crossing it. C25 was put off by the chaos, and the jaywalking (always done safely to my eye, but to suburban kid eye, was madness!).

C25 isn’t looking for a school because of sports or school spirit, so that wasn’t a draw to put either school on his list, but it seemed like a smaller factor at Northwestern than it did at UW-Madison in the average student’s life.

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