<p>Thanks for all of the feedback! It looks like lack of official interview is OK</p>
<p>If there are parents of high school juniors reading this, think about planning a spring break trip around college visits. It’s a great way to do a relaxed visit. We visited HMC too early to interview (we had an informal interview and son had helpful classroom visits). But the visit did spark my son’s keen interest. Happily we were able combine visits to three colleges with other fun stuff (San Diego, LA beaches and observatory, wine country). We have great memories of this trip, different from our normal “visit the relatives” travel. </p>
<p>I can’t imagine a student enrolling in a college without a visit, but it happens. Try hard to plan your trips before the stress of senior year. </p>
<p>Now if I can just figure out when/how to get a visit to CMU… (It’s the only one on my son’s “list” still unvisited.)</p>