<p>We did all of our school visitation and sample lessons in the junior year. We used fall break, election day, winter break, spring break and really never missed much school. Every school visit included at least one sample lesson. D used the same song(s) at each lesson so she could compare teachers “apples to apples.” As for using this song also for audition, most of the teachers suggested she use the song she was singing - so, good input from that standpoint. We did an Ohio swing, a NY/Boston swing, and Rochester was an election day trip. Everything is an airplane ticket for us so we had to plan carefully. Since we are already in full swing on applications, I can’t see how we could possibly be doing visitations and sample lessons in the senior year also. We really ruled out some schools so that helped to cut down on applications, too.</p>