Giving advice

labegg
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 20:02:59 +0000

No matter how well meaning your advice…most people are not interested and feel they know what is best for them and will jump right to the worst conclusion (that you are bod mouthing, their kids or the schools they pick) even if that is not your intention.

My advice (not that anyone cares) is do not visit the “dream/reachy” schools (unless they are a school that tracks visits) until you have acceptance in hand. Nothing seems to compare once they have seen the holy grail! You do not have to see ALL the schools until you have acceptance.I definitely recommend a visit, after acceptance, if you are thinking of attending.

I do however, suggest visiting one school of each category (urban, suburban, rural) or (REALLY big, big, moderate, small) or (1 private LAC/university and 1 public). That will give you a general idea about was is what. We just finished up a week tour of schools with DD#2 Class of 2018 in the NC/SC corridor. We saw 5 schools. We could have been done after 3, one urban, one college town and one small. DD was on overload by the 5th one and could have cared less about it so it did not fair as well as if it had been the first that we visited. Found that with DD#1 too, she really was on overload after about 3 schools on her visit trips. Also, IMO, most kids (not all) really are not interested in the reality of looking at a college until at least the summer before senior year.