Moral Question regarding College Visit

Yurtle
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:15:01 +0000

Fly back programs are not intended for that purpose.
Schools pay for them so that you will consider a school you might not have otherwise.



I would have actually attended more fly-to programs if I hadn’t been sick for a while first semester. (I didn’t have enough days of leave left). I would’ve gone to Grinnell and Reed, at the least. As it was, I went to Scripps a bit peaked in interest, and ended up applying mainly because they gave me a fee waiver. I flew to vist Connecticut College with the intention of applying, and by then, I had applied ED. But they invited me. I was wishy washy about Reed, and mildly interested by Grinnell, so why not? It’s not often I can travel anymore, they were offering to pay if I was chosen to view the campus, and I didn’t know if I would end up loving the school or not! Everyone, in most every college book and even here suggests visiting colleges before applying or enrolling. But that just wasn’t possible for me. So I visited three of the 8 or so colleges I applied to (one, obviously, state school.)

For example, Scripps invited me. I took up their invitation, and visited, as I heard the school was good. It was, but something was ‘off’ about it for me. There’s no way I would’ve known without going, and I got a free vacation to Claremont out of it. I might’ve loved Reed, or hated it, but I didn’t go (as I said, not enough “sick” days left).

If the whole point is to sway me into considering the college, of course I won’t feel guilty going.